Software Engineer III: Cloud APIs & Integrations

Principal Financial Group

Charlotte, Raleigh, Des Moines (NC, NC, IA)

Hybrid

USD 95,000 - 138,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Pension Eligible

Job summary

Principal Financial Group in Charlotte, NC is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to advance the Retirement & Income Solutions platforms. You will build scalable services, enable complex integrations across APIs, file-based interfaces, and batch processing, and collaborate with internal and external teams.

You will participate in platform modernization, design interface contracts, and ensure performance, security, and resiliency.

Qualifications

Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in STEM or related field or equivalent work experience.
3+ years of professional software development experience.
2+ years of AWS experience.
2+ years of vendor integration experience.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and support scalable, reliable, and performant applications that enable core business capabilities.
Develop and maintain integrations across APIs, file-based interfaces, and batch processing patterns.
Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to ensure systems integrate effectively and meet shared objectives.
Contribute to platform modernization efforts by building new capabilities and enabling connectivity across evolving systems.
Participate in technical design discussions, helping define interface contracts, data exchanges, and integration patterns.
Make well-reasoned technical decisions by evaluating tradeoffs across performance, scalability, and maintainability.
Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements such as performance, security, scalability, and resiliency.
Advocate for engineering best practices, including code quality, automated testing, and delivery discipline.
Troubleshoot integration and production issues, with a focus on reliability, traceability, and operational stability.
Take ownership of features of increasing complexity, driving them from design through delivery in collaboration with the team.
Work cross-functionally to deliver outcomes in a fast-paced, evolving environment.