Senior Full-Stack Engineer AWS, API & CI/CD

Principal Financial Group; Des Moines (IA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension eligible

Hybrid/Remote work options

Job summary

Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, IA is seeking a Software Engineer to build full-stack applications, design APIs, and power customer-facing websites. You will work in a cloud environment (AWS) on a small agile team, with pairing and mobbing practices.

The role emphasizes ownership of all software layers, design thinking, CI/CD pipelines, security alignment, and collaboration with product-focused colleagues to deliver impactful solutions.

Qualifications

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in a science, technology, engineering, or math field or equivalent work experience.
• 4+ years of professional object-oriented or functional programming experience.
• API experience and ability to design/consume services.
• Desire to learn new technology and continuously grow.

Responsibilities

• Own and design all software development layers of a solution. Conduct analysis and development, write accurate and clean code.
• Participate in technical design of features and create solution architectures.
• Provide technical advice and weigh in on decisions that impact other teams or the company.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines that test and deploy software, data, and infrastructure artifacts.
• Apply changes to follow security policies and standards.
• Collaborate with product-focused individuals to deliver outcomes.
• Experiment with new technologies and practices to challenge the status quo.

Skills

Full-stack development

API design/consumption

Object-oriented programming

Team collaboration

Education

Associate's or Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

AWS

DevOps

Angular

React

SpringBoot

JavaScript/TypeScript

Job description

Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, IA is seeking a Software Engineer to build full-stack applications, design APIs, and power customer-facing websites. You will work in a cloud environment (AWS) on a small agile team, with pairing and mobbing practices.

The role emphasizes ownership of all software layers, design thinking, CI/CD pipelines, security alignment, and collaboration with product-focused colleagues to deliver impactful solutions.