Software Engineer I - Salesforce (Hybrid)

Principal Financial Group • Des Moines, IA • 1d ago

What You'll Do

We are seeking a Software Engineer to join our WSRS CRM team within Retirement Income Solutions. As a key member of our team, you'll play an important role in enhancing our customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities. You'll work on impactful projects including Sales Prospecting optimization and the future implementation of Financial Service Cloud, contributing to improved sales effectiveness and relationship management. Working collaboratively with cross-functional teams, your work will focus on maximizing the value of our Salesforce platform to support our sales and service teams' daily operations and business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

Conduct analysis, development, and implementation of Salesforce solutions

Write clean, efficient code with proper documentation and automated testing

Develop custom solutions utilizing Salesforce platform capabilities

Collaborate with business analysts and stakeholders

Perform code reviews and maintain coding standards

Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues

Implement automated testing and deployment processes

Optimize existing solutions for enhanced performance

Who You Are

Associate's or bachelor's degree, preference in a computer science, technology, engineering or math-related field or equivalent experience

Ability to obtain certification(s) in an IT related field is a plus

Basic knowledge of insurance and financial services products preferred

Basic planning, organizational, problem-solving, analytical, decision-making and communication skills required

Proficiency with database applications, knowledge of mainframe, distributed and/or web programming language

Basic leadership skills preferred

Excellent time management skills preferred

Must be able to maintain a high degree of accuracy and confidentiality

Must have the desire and ability to learn new technology and continuously grow

Ability to work on cross-functional teams and collaborate with both IT and non-IT partners

Some travel may be required, including overnight stays

May be required to provide on-call support

Preferred Qualifications:

Exposure to Apex programming, Lightning Components, and Visualforce

Exposure with SOQL, SOSL, and Salesforce APIs

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

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)

$60000 - $71000 / year

Time Off Program

Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness. Employees don't accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided.

Pension Eligible

Yes

Additional Information

Work Environments

This role offers the ability for in-office and hybrid (blending both office and remote work in a typical workweek) work arrangements in Des Moines, IA or Charlotte, NC locations. There is an expectation for this role to work on site at least 3 days a week.

Hours

This role will partner with our global teams and has an expectation for flexibility in your work schedule with a frequent 7am CST start time.

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 Global Investors 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 accept applications for 3 full days following the Original Posting Date, after which the posting may remain open or be removed based upon applications received. If we choose to post the job again, we will accept additional applications for at least 1 full day following the Most Recently Posted Date. Please submit applications in a timely manner as there is no guarantee the posting will be available beyond the applicable deadline.

Original Posting Date

7/18/2025

Most Recently Posted Date

7/18/2025

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