Principal Financial Group

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What You'll Do As a Sr Software Engineering Leader on our CRM Platform team, you'll lead a dedicated group of Salesforce engineers driving the evolution of our core Salesforce enterprise platform. In this role, you’ll define engineering practices, mentor teams, and influence product strategy while fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. We’re looking for a leader passionate about developing talent, solving complex challenges, and modernizing systems—especially as we work toward having 80% of our workloads in the cloud by 2026. Join us in building the next generation of customer engagement at scale. You'll have the opportunity to • Lead, coach, and continuously develop a diverse pool of engineering talent • Network, communicate, and collaborate with both IT and non-IT partners • Support the team and help to mature our engineering practices, grow our DevOps mindset and culture, and improve our systems • Solve interesting and complex problems to create a positive customer experience • Experiment with new tools and practices to deliver business value in an Agile organization • Find ways to use our data to improve decision making • Drive our journey to a cloud-first technology community • Promote Cloud Engineering – Salesforce, AWS PaaS, cloud integration patterns, cloud security, cloud operations, etc. As Principal continues to modernize its systems, this role will offer you an exciting opportunity to build solutions that will directly impact our long-term strategy and tech stack, all while ensuring that our products are robust, scalable, and secure! Operating at the intersection of financial services and technology, Principal builds financial tools that help our customers live better lives. We take pride in being a purpose-led firm, motivated by our mission to make financial security accessible to all. Our mission, integrity, and customer focus have made us a trusted leader for more than 140 years. Who You Are • Associate's or Bachelor's degree in a computer science, technology, engineering or math-related field or equivalent work experience • 6+ years of technical/engineering experience • Formal people leadership experience • Understanding and familiarity with common software development patterns and best practices • Strong influencing, planning, organizational, problem-solving, analytical, decision-making and communication skills required Skills That Will Help You Stand Out • Cloud experience/interest – we use AWS • Salesforce experience • Experience with DevOps practices (CI, CD, TDD, etc.) • Apex or Java development background Salary Range Information Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salary Range (Non-Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly) $104400 - $180000 / year Time Off Program Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness. Employees don't accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided. Pension Eligible Yes Work Environments This role offers in-office, hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek), and remote work arrangements (only if residing more than 30 miles from Des Moines, IA, Charlotte, NC, or Raleigh, NC). You’ll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors. Our Engineering Culture Through our product-driven Agile/Lean DevOps environment, we’ve fostered a culture of innovation and experimentation across our development teams. As a customer-focused organization, we work closely with our end users and product owners to understand and rapidly respond to emerging business needs. Collaboration is embedded into everything we do – from the products we develop to the quality service we provide. We’re driven by the belief that diversity of thought, background, and perspective is critical to creating the best products and experiences for our customers. Work Authorization/Sponsorship At this time, we're not considering applicants that need any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please use the following links. Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants Investment Code of Ethics For Principal Asset Management positions, you’ll need to follow an Investment Code of Ethics related to personal and business conduct as well as personal trading activities for you and members of your household. These same requirements may also apply to other positions across the organization. Experience Principal At Principal, we value connecting on both a personal and professional level. Together, we’re imagining a more purpose-led future for financial services – and that starts with you. Our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees. And we support our employees the same way we support our customers: with comprehensive, competitive benefit offerings crafted to protect their physical, financial, and social well-being. Check out our careers site to learn more about our purpose, values and benefits. Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Posting Window We will accept applications for 3 full days following the Original Posting Date, after which the posting may remain open or be removed based upon applications received. If we choose to post the job again, we will accept additional applications for at least 1 full day following the Most Recently Posted Date. Please submit applications in a timely manner as there is no guarantee the posting will be available beyond the applicable deadline. Original Posting Date 12/8/2025 Most Recently Posted Date 12/8/2025 LinkedIn Remote Hashtag #LI-Remote LinkedIn Hashtag #LI-EW1Qualifications: • Associate's or Bachelor's degree in a computer science, technology, engineering or math-related field or equivalent work experience • 6+ years of technical/engineering experience • Formal people leadership experience • Understanding and familiarity with common software development patterns and best practices • Strong influencing, planning, organizational, problem-solving, analytical, decision-making and communication skills required Skills That Will Help You Stand Out • Cloud experience/interest – we use AWS • Salesforce experience • Experience with DevOps practices (CI, CD, TDD, etc.) • Apex or Java development background Education:UNAVAILABLEEmployment Type: FULL_TIME