What You'll Do

　　Principal is looking for a Sr Data Engineer to join our US Principal Financial Network and Principal Securities organization. In this role, you will aid in building a data engineering platform that enables us to drive better experiences for our customers. As a senior data engineer you’ll bring your knowledge of creating, hosting, and monitoring data solutions to build scalable, repeatable patterns. You’ll work closely with Product Manager, Product Owner, Tech Product Manager, Delivery Manager and engineering teams to establish a modern data platform using cloud and sunsetting legacy processing. We use an agile practice, striving for fully managed regular deployments. This role presents the unique opportunity to influence the process and end product, while working with an existing skilled data engineering community.

　　Here are a few things you’ll do:

　　Understand business context and transfer that knowledge to build solutions around data repositories while keeping an enterprise and engineering approach

　　Implement and iterate on a wide range of AWS services using modern languages and managed deployment options.

　　Engage with business partners as a technology consultant

　　Build out our data zones (raw, curated, serving) in our cloud environment leveraging AWS Services and scripting solutions to transform the data

　　Understand the trade-offs between technical, analytical, and product needs and lead to solutions that take all the needs into account.

　　Develop strategies for data acquisition and influence others within the business area through explanation of policies, patterns, and practices.

　　Continue maintenance, support, divestment initiatives of legacy platforms

　　Provide technical advice and weigh in on technical decisions that impact other teams or the enterprise at large.

　　Make the team stronger through code review, detailed documentation, technical guidance, and mentoring

　　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

　　Bachelor's degree plus 4 + years related work experience or a Master's in related field.

　　Experience working with Relational Database Management Systems.

　　Ability to work directly with data and datastores through programming language such as SQL, Python, Java, etc.

　　Experience building/operating systems for data extraction, ingestion, and processing of large data sets.

　　Building data products incrementally and integrating and managing datasets from multiple sources

　　Data Management practices (data profiling, data quality management, Master Data Management).

　　Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS Preferred.

　　Knowledge of modern data modeling techniques and data structures preferred.

　　Understanding of ETL/ELT concepts.

　　Data lakes, data mesh architectural practices preferred

　　Reporting oriented data products and reporting technologies preferred.

　　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)

　　$77350 - $182400 / year

　　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.

　　Job level

　　We’ll consider talent at the next level with the right experiences and skills.

　　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 (https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/temporary-nonimmigrant-workers) and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants (https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-eligibility/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

　　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 (https://www.principal.com/about-us/careers#core-values) , benefits (https://www.principal.com/about-us/careers#benefits) and why we’re an exceptional place (https://www.principal.com/about-us/careers#reputation) 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 be accepting applications for at least 3 days from when the job was originally posted, after which we may keep open or remove the posting based upon applications we receive. Please submit applications in a timely manner as there is no guarantee the posting will be available beyond 3 days of the original posting date.

　　Original Posting Date

　　1/16/2024

　　Most Recently Posted Date

　　1/19/2024

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