Senior Software Engineer II, Platform Modernization Technology Enablement

Principal Financial Group•Raleigh, NC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer II to join our Retirement & Income Solutions (RIS) organization, supporting a critical modernization initiative across the enterprise. This role sits on a newly formed engineering enablement team, where you’ll help define, build, and scale enterprise integration patterns that will be used broadly across RIS and beyond. In this role, you’ll operate as a hands-on engineer and technical leader, setting direction through example, designing reusable solutions and guiding other engineers through well-defined standards and patterns. You'll have the opportunity to design, build, and evolve enterprise integration patterns leveraging APIs, events, and messaging to support the RIS modernization effort. Partner closely with enterprise teams to enable scalable integrations using AWS-native services (e.g., EventBridge, SQS, Lambda, ECS/EKS). Develop reusable, composable CDK constructs that can be adopted consistently across teams. Provide technical direction and informal leadership, helping engineers align to standards while staying deeply hands-on. Translate complex business and modernization needs into practical, repeatable engineering solutions. Contribute to architectural discussions with a strong engineering lens, understanding design intent and implementation tradeoffs. Help shape how integration capabilities are delivered at scale across RIS and the broader organization. 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. 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!

Requirements

Associate's or bachelor's degree (preference in a computer science, technology, engineering or math-related field) or equivalent experience
8+ years of enterprise engineering experience, with increasing scope and technical influence
Deep experience building solutions on AWS, with strong working knowledge of core services
Experience working in matrixed, highly collaborative environments, partnering across teams and disciplines
Informal team leadership experience, mentoring and providing strategic direction to a team
Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work through complex technical challenges

Nice To Haves

Experience designing and implementing enterprise integrations using APIs, events, files, and messaging
Experience with TypeScript or similar modern languages
Hands-on experience creating Level 2 and Level 3 AWS constructs or similar reusable cloud patterns
Familiarity with Domain-Driven Design (DDD) concepts and application patterns
Exposure to or experience with AI and agentic AI solutions in modern cloud environments
A track record of contributing to modernization efforts while maintaining reliability and continuity

Responsibilities

Design, build, and evolve enterprise integration patterns leveraging APIs, events, and messaging to support the RIS modernization effort
Partner closely with enterprise teams to enable scalable integrations using AWS-native services (e.g., EventBridge, SQS, Lambda, ECS/EKS)
Develop reusable, composable CDK constructs that can be adopted consistently across teams
Provide technical direction and informal leadership, helping engineers align to standards while staying deeply hands-on
Translate complex business and modernization needs into practical, repeatable engineering solutions
Contribute to architectural discussions with a strong engineering lens, understanding design intent and implementation tradeoffs
Help shape how integration capabilities are delivered at scale across RIS and the broader organization