Software Engineer

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: Develop and maintain front end applications using React, TypeScript, Next and related frameworks. Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following coding standards. Participate in code reviews, unit testing, and debugging. Collaborate with team members to analyze requirements, design solutions, and deliver features on time. Assist in bug fixing, performance tuning, and application enhancements. Document technical solutions and contribute to knowledge sharing within the team.

Who You are: Software Engineer with strong expertise to design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance applications. The ideal candidate will have deep technical knowledge, hands-on experience in typescript, React.js, Node.js, and proficiency in AWS cloud services to build robust, secure, and efficient solutions.

2 to 4 years Education: Bachelor’s(Engineering)/Master’s in computer science or a related field. Must-Have Skills React.js: Components, hooks, state management. TypeScript: Strong typing, interfaces, generics. Next.js: SSR, SSG, routing, and performance optimization. UI Best Practices: Responsive design, accessibility (WCAG basics). Testing: Jest, React Testing Library. AWS : EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, Eventbridge, API Gateway, Step Function, CloudWatch. Good to Have Exposure to Microservices architecture. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions). Basic knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS/Azure).

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!