Sr Data Engineer I

<h2 class="jdheading"><strong> What You'll Do</strong></h2><br><br><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our Specialty Benefits team on the Data, Analytics & Innovation team.  We are looking for someone who is eager to collaborate with other engineers while building new and modernizing existing data pipelines.</span> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Provide data engineering and analysis expertise to maximize effectiveness across multiple technologies. Set standards and oversee technical aspects of data management functions including creating, collecting, loading, transforming, cleansing, processing, storing, analyzing, and visualizing data. Work directly or in support of data science/analytics to design, develop, test and integrate data from various sources into large-scale processing systems and databases to use in providing insights that solve business needs. Recommend ways to improve data reliability, efficiency, and quality. Understand the trade offs between technical, analytical and product needs and lead to solutions that take all of the needs into account. Develop strategies for data acquisition and influence others within the business area through explanation of policies, patterns and practices. Facilitate strategic discussions and execute tactical plans.</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Demonstrate influence at the BU level. May have direct reports. May be responsible for staff recruitment, performance assessment, training and career development. Set clear goal expectations for members of a team.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Develop strategies for data acquisition and influence others within the business area through explanation of policies, patterns and practices. Facilitate strategic discussions and execute tactical plans.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Perform other job-related duties or special projects as required.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Provide data engineering and analysis expertise to maximize effectiveness across multiple technologies.  Set standards and oversee technical aspects of data management functions including creating, collecting, loading, transforming, cleansing, processing, storing, analyzing, and visualizing data.  Work directly or in support of data science/analytics to design, develop, test and integrate data from various sources into large-scale processing systems and databases to use in providing insights that solve business needs. Recommend ways to improve data reliability, efficiency, and quality.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Provide technical advice and weigh in on technical decisions that impact other teams or the company at large. Research, influence and propose new technologies. Own technical testing and performance plan for work efforts.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Provide technical guidance to team members on integration and functionality of infrastructure components. Make others better through code review, thorough documentation, technical guidance, mentoring or servicing as lead on a project. Provide feedback on projects outside of core area. Provide coaching and mentoring to team members.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Responsible for creating, vetting, and documenting complex data management process designs, models, and architectures by setting and understanding architectural patterns and principles, researching new technologies and approaches, driving requirements, testing, debugging, documentation, quality assurance review, implementation, securing and maintenance. Regularly deliver solutions on-time and constantly work to make accurate delivery on estimates.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Understand the trade offs between technical, analytical and product needs and lead to solutions that take all of the needs into account. Set direction at the project/service level and consistently influence decision-making at the Pillar/Product level. Own and design all data development layers of a solution. Set direction for team in proactively following established controls, policies, regulations and recommend mitigation strategies during development. Coordinate with others to work through and create action plans as a results of risk assessments or detected vulnerabilities.</span></li></ul> <br><h3 class="jdheading"><strong>Who You Are</strong></h3><br><br><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bachelor's degree plus 6+ years related work experience or a Master's in related field plus 2+ years related work experience</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Proven experience as an IT professional</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Solid leadership and presentation skills required</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Knowledge of financial services products, processes and business unit applications preferred</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to work directly with data and datastores through programming language such as SQL, Python, Typescript</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with a variety of data modeling techniques and data structures</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to optimize data for analytics and data science</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience building/operating systems for data extraction, ingestion and processing of large data sets</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Knowledge and direct experience using business intelligence reporting tools</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience building data products incrementally and integrating and managing datasets from multiple sources</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Advanced planning, organizational, problem-solving, analytical, decision-making and communication skills required</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to collaborate with others required</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Must be able to effectively communicate strategies and designs to all levels of the company</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Must be able to maintain a high degree of accuracy and confidentiality</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">May be required to provide on-call support</span></li></ul> <br><h2 class="jdheading"><strong>Salary Range Information</strong></h2><br><br>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. <br><h3 class="jdheading"><strong>Salary Range (Non-Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly)</strong></h3><br><br>$105000 - $165000 / year <br><strong class="jdheading">Salary Details</strong><br><br><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">The following locations are examples of market-specific salary ranges across different geographies. </span></p><ul><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Wichita, KS: $105,000 - $123,000 / year</span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Des Moines, IA: $110,000 - $130,000 / year</span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Charlotte, NC: $116,000 - $136,000 / year</span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Chicago/Minneapolis: $127,000 - $150,000 / year</span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Los Angeles/New York City: $140,000 - $165,000 / year</span> </li></ul> <br><h3 class="jdheading"><strong>Time Off Program</strong></h3><br><br>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. <br><h3 class="jdheading"><strong>Pension Eligible</strong></h3><br><br>Yes <p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;">Work Environment</span></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;">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, Raleigh, NC, or Charlotte, NC). You’ll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Work Authorization/Sponsorship</span></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">At this time, we're not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship now or in the future or those needing work authorization for this role. (This includes, but is not limited to students on F1-OPT, F1-CPT, J-1, etc.) </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/temporary-nonimmigrant-workers" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #004371;">Nonimmigrant Workers</span></a><span style="color: #333333;"> and </span><a href="https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-eligibility/green-card-for-employment-based-immigrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #015785;">Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants</span></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Investment Code of Ethics</span></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">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.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Experience Principal</span></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">At Principal, we value connecting on both a personal and professional level. Together, we’re imagining a more purpose-led future for financial services – and that starts with you. Our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees. And we support our employees the same way we support our customers: with comprehensive, competitive benefit offerings crafted to protect their physical, financial, and social well-being. Check out our <a href="https://www.principal.com/about-us/careers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">careers site</a> to learn more about our purpose, values and benefits.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer</span></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">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.</span></p> <br><h3 class="jdheading"><strong>Posting Window</strong></h3><br><br>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. <br><h4 class="jdheading"><strong>Original Posting Date</strong></h4><br><br>5/22/2026 <br><h4 class="jdheading"><strong>Most Recently Posted Date</strong></h4><br><br>5/22/2026 <br><p style="color:#FFFFFF">LinkedIn Remote Hashtag</p><br><br>#LI-Remote

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