Data Engineer - Data Foundation Enablement Team

What You'll Do

Are you passionate about building scalable data solutions that empower organizations to make data-driven decisions and prepare for AI-driven innovation? Join our Data Foundation Enablement Team, where we're shaping the future of enterprise data at scale.

Our company is investing in a centralized data foundation to serve as a single source of truth for enterprise data that streamlines governance, reduces operational costs, and accelerates decision-making. With over 350 data products and 3,000 active users, this platform is the backbone of our data strategy, enabling secure, governed, and high-quality data access across the organization. It's designed for efficiency, scalability, and AI-readiness, positioning us for the next generation of analytics and business intelligence.

As a member of the Enablement Team, you'll play a critical role in helping data producers contribute seamlessly, and data consumers access the information they need with confidence. You'll engage directly with teams across the enterprise to accelerate adoption, guide best practices, and create self-service resources such as reference documentation, reusable design patterns, and pipeline constructs. Your work will influence how thousands of users interact with data every day.

This role offers variety and growth-from collaborating with architects on optimal data architecture and risk posture, to building components and data pipelines in AWS and Snowflake, to partnering with engineers across the company to solve real-world challenges. You'll work with cutting-edge technologies like Snowflake, AWS, GitHub, SQL, and Python, and contribute to building scalable, secure data solutions that make a tangible impact.

If you thrive in a dynamic environment, enjoy solving complex problems, and want to help shape the foundation for AI and data-driven decision-making, we'd love to have you on our team!

Who You Are

• Bachelor's degree plus 2 - 4 years related work experience or a Master's in a related field
• Proven experience as an IT professional Knowledge of financial services products and processes preferred
• Experience in data engineering, ETL development, or data platform enablement.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python.
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake, AWS services, and version control tools like GitHub.
• Ability to work directly with data and datastores through programming language such as SQL, Python, Java, etc
• Experience with a variety of data modeling techniques and data structures
• Ability to optimize data for analytics and data science
• Experience building/operating systems for data extraction, ingestion and processing of large data sets
• Knowledge and direct experience using business intelligence reporting tools
• Experience building data products incrementally and integrating and managing datasets from multiple sources
• Basic planning, organizational, problem-solving, analytical, decision-making and communication skills required
• Basic leadership skills preferred
• Excellent time management skills preferred
• Ability to collaborate with others required
• Must be able to effectively communicate strategies and designs to all levels of the company
• Must be able to maintain a high degree of accuracy and confidentiality
• May be required to provide on-call support

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)

$80000 - $132000 / 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
Work Environment

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 experience and skills.

Hours

This role will partner with our global teams and has an expectation for flexibility in your work schedule. Hours may start at 7:00 a.m.

Work Authorization/Sponsorship

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.)

Nonimmigrant Workers and 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

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 careers site to learn more about our purpose, values and benefits.

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

1/5/2026

Most Recently Posted Date

1/5/2026

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