Software Engineer III (Salesforce)
Apply NowCompany: Principal Financial Group Inc
Location: Des Moines, IA 50317
Description:
What You'll Do
Principal has a great opportunity within our Benefits & Protection business, Workplace Benefits IT Team! We're looking for an experienced Software Engineer who will thrive in an evolving product-driven organization. You'll be working closely with our product leaders and business partners, focused primarily on customer relationship management capabilities and customer experience. The best candidates will have experience with Salesforce, AWS, and front-end development frameworks. Flexible, team-centric, and motivated are words that describe our most successful teammates. Flexible in that we are comfortable playing various roles within the team, team-centric in that we prefer working together to achieve outcomes, and motivated to continuously learn about ourselves and advancements in our technology space.
Your day will be filled with:
Who You Are
We are looking for someone with:
Additional preferred skills/experience:
Keys to success in this position:
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
$77350 - $147600 / 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
Additional Information
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, or Charlotte, NC). You'll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors.
Work Authorization/Sponsorship
At this time, we're not considering candidates 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 Global Investors 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
While our expertise spans the globe, we're bound by one common purpose: to foster a world where financial security is accessible to all. And our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees - individually and all of us together. Explore our core values, benefits and why we're an exceptional place to grow your career.
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.
Date First Posted (TTF)
3/19/2025
Latest Post Date: Careers - US
3/19/2025
LinkedIn Remote Hashtag
#LI-Remote
Principal has a great opportunity within our Benefits & Protection business, Workplace Benefits IT Team! We're looking for an experienced Software Engineer who will thrive in an evolving product-driven organization. You'll be working closely with our product leaders and business partners, focused primarily on customer relationship management capabilities and customer experience. The best candidates will have experience with Salesforce, AWS, and front-end development frameworks. Flexible, team-centric, and motivated are words that describe our most successful teammates. Flexible in that we are comfortable playing various roles within the team, team-centric in that we prefer working together to achieve outcomes, and motivated to continuously learn about ourselves and advancements in our technology space.
Your day will be filled with:
- Collaborating with your team and our business to determine how to make our software solutions better with every iteration.
- Solving interesting and complex problems to create a positive customer experience.
- Providing technical leadership and guidance within and outside of your direct team.
- Building software that enhances internal and external customer experience.
- Experimenting with new tools and practices to deliver business value in an Agile organization.
- Leveraging data to improve decision making.
- Continuously improving both the systems you are working on and your personal skills.
Who You Are
We are looking for someone with:
- Associate or bachelor's degree (preference in a computer science, technology, engineering or math-related field) or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of professional Salesforce development experience is required.
- Excellent planning, organizational, problem-solving, analytical, decision-making and communication skills.
- Must be able to maintain a high degree of accuracy and confidentiality.
- Must have the desire to learn new technology and continuously grow.
- Ability to work on cross-functional teams and collaborate with both IT and non-IT partners.
- Strongest candidates will have exposure to many of the bullets below.
Additional preferred skills/experience:
- Salesforce Experience Cloud/Communities development.
- Current and maintained Salesforce certifications in admin, developer or architecture tracks.
- Proficiency in Java or JavaScript.
- Familiarity with cloud development and integrations. We use AWS, but open to other experience.
- Strong understanding and preference for automated testing.
Keys to success in this position:
- Strong collaborative qualities to drive informal technical leadership.
- Strong problem solving and analytical mindset.
- Continuous improvement in all you do.
- Team-first mindset with the ability to collaborate and build strong relationships.
- Take ownership and pride in your work.
- Hungry, curious, driven and the ability to take initiative.
- Innovative, creative thinking and with courage to ask tough questions.
- Patience with an ever-changing environment and changing priorities.
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
$77350 - $147600 / 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
Additional Information
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, or Charlotte, NC). You'll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors.
Work Authorization/Sponsorship
At this time, we're not considering candidates 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 Global Investors 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
While our expertise spans the globe, we're bound by one common purpose: to foster a world where financial security is accessible to all. And our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees - individually and all of us together. Explore our core values, benefits and why we're an exceptional place to grow your career.
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.
Date First Posted (TTF)
3/19/2025
Latest Post Date: Careers - US
3/19/2025
LinkedIn Remote Hashtag
#LI-Remote