Responsibilities
What You'll do
As a Software Engineer at Principal Financial Group, you will be at the forefront of crafting innovative and high-performance software solutions. Your role will involve crafting, developing, and implementing software that drives our products. You will work in close collaboration with our product development team to understand user needs and translate them into flawless technical specifications. Ensuring our software products are scalable, reliable, and efficient will be key to your success.
You'll Have Opportunity To:
- Implementing cloud applications using AWS services, Typescript and Java.
- Write clean, maintainable and efficient code while adhering to best practices and coding standards.
- Work closely with product manager and engineers in to define and refine requirements.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers in team.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues and performance bottlenecks.
- Create and maintain technical documentation for code and processes.
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously improve our development practices.
Qualifications
Who You are:
Senior Software Engineer with strong expertise in Java (primary) and AWS (secondary) to design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance applications. The ideal candidate will have deep technical knowledge, hands-on experience in modern Java frameworks, and proficiency in AWS cloud services to build robust, secure, and efficient solutions.
Experience: 4 to 7 years
Must-Have Skills
- Software development experiences with focus on AWS cloud development and distributed applications development with Java & J2EE.
- Experience in AWS development using typescript. If not worked on typescript, willing to learn typescript because as per Principal standards typescript is the preferred language for AWS development.
- Hands on experience and deploying applications on AWS cloud infrastructure(e.g., EC2, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS, SNS, Fargate etc).
- Hands on experience in Java/J2EE, Spring, Spring boot development and good understanding of serverless computing.
- Experience with REST API and Java Shared Libraries.
Good To Have:
- AWS Cloud practitioner, AWS Certified Developer or AWS certified solutions architect is plus.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in engineering and related field.
Additional Skills:
Strong knowledge on Java Development/Versioning Tools like IntelliJ/Git/Maven.
- Installation, Configuration and Integration of tools for creating the required development environment.
- Experience on handling Install failures, install updates, supporting local issues is a plus.
- Understanding of application server technology.
- String analytical and problem solving skills with keen attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to various audiences.
- Experience working on agile development environments and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
- Consistently raises the bar by going beyond day-to-day performance expectations.
Additional Information
Our Engineering Culture:
In our Agile/Lean DevOps environment, we've nurtured a culture of innovation and experimentation across our development teams. As a customer-focused organization, we collaborate closely with our end users and product owners to understand and rapidly respond to emerging business needs. Collaboration is ingrained into every aspect of our work – from the products we develop to the world-class service we offer. We are motivated by the belief that diversity of thought, background, and perspective is crucial to crafting the finest products and experiences for our customers. Come join us and become a part of a highly ambitious team dedicated to delivering impeccable solutions!
