Software Engineer I (Hybrid in Des Moines, IA)
Principal Financial · Des Moines, IA · Engineering & Technology
About this role
Principal Financial is hiring a mid-level Software Engineer based in Des Moines, IA. The posting calls out experience with Python, AWS, Terraform, Ansible. Compensation is listed at $62,000–$105,000 per year.
- Role
- Software Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Location
- Des Moines, IA
- Department
- Engineering & Technology
- Posted
- May 18, 2026
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Job description
from Principal Financial careersWhat You'll Do We are looking for a Software Engineer to learn and grow within our Information Services Platform Integrations team. The Software Engineer will provide support of Managed File Transfers (MFT) and Workload Scheduling infrastructure for engineers and internal business partners across the enterprise. This role combines platform engineering with production support responsibilities. The team’s work enables teams to build and deploy solutions across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments. Our focus is on delivering reliable, secure, and easy-to-use platforms through automation and self-service capabilities! The technologies used on this team include: GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer, Cleo Harmony, IBM Sterling B2B Integrator, Tivoli Workload Scheduler, ServiceNow, Git/GitHub, PowerBI, AWS, Python, PowerShell, and many more. Key Responsibilities: Partner with engineering, architecture, and business teams to deliver high-quality platforms, actively engaging in agile practices such as pairing, mobbing, and design collaboration. Find opportunities for automating operational tasks and workflows, as well as contribute to building solutions using tools such as Python, PowerShell, ServiceNow Citizen Development, and GitHub Actions Experiment with new tools and practices to deliver business value in an agile organization. Manage and deploy applications using AWS CDK Python. Develop an understanding of end-to-end transfer architecture including DMZ solid understanding of…