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Principal Software Engineer

Empower Retirement
$123,000.00 - $178,350.00
life insurance, parental leave, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, 401(k)
8525 East Orchard Road (Show on map)
Jul 20, 2025

Our vision for the future is based on the idea that transforming financial lives starts by giving our people the freedom to transform their own. We have a flexible work environment, and fluid career paths. We not only encourage but celebrate internal mobility. We also recognize the importance of purpose, well-being, and work-life balance. Within Empower and our communities, we work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive environment, and our associates dedicate thousands of hours to volunteering for causes that matter most to them.

Chart your own path and grow your career while helping more customers achieve financial freedom. Empower Yourself.

***Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT.***

Empower's Asset Movement & Scheduling team plays a foundational role in the company's financial operations, ensuring that assets move securely and efficiently across our platforms. The team also powers the scheduling platform that welcomes new prospects, transitions them into valued clients, and sustains a close relationship between clients and their personal advisors through welltimed calls and meetings. As a Principal Engineer, you will own the design, evolution, and quality of these missioncritical micro-services while guiding a cross-functional squad toward cloud-native, test-driven excellence. This role blends deep hands-on coding with technical leadership, helping us modernize legacy code, harden our AWS infrastructure, and set gold-standard engineering practices across the company.

What you will do:

  • Design, build, and continuously refactor Java/Spring Boot services that move money and orchestrate scheduling workflows

  • Champion test-driven development, clean code, and "definition of done" standards

  • Architect cloud-native solutions on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS/FIFO, Kinesis, IAM) and define infrastructure as code in Terraform or CloudFormation

  • Mentor engineers by leading design reviews, pairing sessions, and documentation efforts-setting the tone as a self-starter, healthy disruptor, and model of accountability

  • Collaborate with Product, SRE, and InfoSec teams to translate ambiguous requirements into secure, performant APIs

What you will bring:

  • 7+ years of backend engineering experience (including 2+ years in a principal or lead role) delivering complex distributed systems at scale

  • Proven accountability, follow-through, and habit of documenting and driving adoption of best practices; comfortable challenging the status quo and leading by example

  • Mastery of Java and Spring Boot-data structures, concurrency, profiling, and robust testing

  • Hands-on depth experience AWS including DynamoDB, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS/FIFO, Kinesis, and IAM roles/policies

  • Strong with Terraform or CloudFormation for repeatable, auditable environments

  • Advanced Dockerfile skills; working knowledge of Kubernetes tuning and operations

  • CI/CD & DevSecOps experience with Jenkins or GitLab CI pipeline design integrating functional tests, static analysis, vulnerability scanning, and performance testing

  • Proven experience building and maintaining backend APIs with TypeScript/JavaScript and Node.js (e.g., Express or Fastify)

  • Deep understanding of unit, integration, UI, E2E, and BDD/Cucumber testing plus secure, PII-free logging and performance monitoring (Splunk familiarity is a plus)

  • Bachelor's degree in related field or an equivalent combination of professional experience and/or training required

What will set you apart:

  • Experience modernizing monoliths to event-driven architectures, advanced Kubernetes (operators/service meshes), and a background in financial-services or other regulated industries

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications of the job. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. You will be evaluated in part based on your performance of the responsibilities and/or tasks listed in this job description. You may be required perform other duties that are not included on this job description. The job description is not a contract for employment, and either you or the employer may terminate employment at any time, for any reason.

What we offer you

We offer an array of diverse and inclusive benefits regardless of where you are in your career. We believe that providing our employees with the means to lead healthy balanced lives results in the best possible work performance.

  • Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
  • Retirement savings - 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
  • Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
  • Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
  • Generous paid time off upon hire - including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
  • Paid volunteer time - 16 hours per calendar year
  • Leave of absence programs - including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
  • Business Resource Groups (BRGs) - BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.

Base Salary Range

$123,000.00 - $178,350.00

The salary range above shows the typical minimum to maximum base salary range for this position in the location listed. 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 offered may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.

Equal opportunity employer * Drug-free workplace

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age (40 and over), race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.

***For remote and hybrid positions you will be required to provide reliable high-speed internet with a wired connection as well as a place in your home to work with limited disruption. You must have reliable connectivity from an internet service provider that is fiber, cable or DSL internet. Other necessary computer equipment, will be provided. You may be required to work in the office if you do not have an adequate home work environment and the required internet connection.***

Job Posting End Date at 12:01 am on:

08-01-2025

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