Java/Python Developer -Principal Financial Group

VirtualUSC and GCHybrid: Des Moines, IAJD:OverviewThis role supports the Corporate Accounting technology area at Principal. The team is responsible for maintaining and supporting both vendor financial systems and internally developed applications while the organization transitions to new enterprise financial platforms.The engineer will primarily focus on business-as-usual support, integrations, and ongoing system enhancements across a variety of technologies.Core ResponsibilitiesSupport Corporate Accounting systems and related integrationsMaintain and enhance vendor systems and internally developed applicationsDevelop and support homegrown integrations between financial platformsProvide operational support as systems transition to new financial platformsParticipate in on-call rotation to support production systemsRequired Technical SkillsCandidates must have strong experience across multiple technologies and be able to jump between tech stacks with minimal guidance .Must-have skills:PythonJava (team currently has a gap here, so strong Java is highly preferred)AWSSQLAPI development/integrationsGitHubThe ideal candidate should be comfortable working across different technologies and quickly ramping into unfamiliar systems.Nice-to-Have SkillsInformaticaMainframe experienceServiceNowDatabase administrationOracle ERP Suite exposureDomain ExperienceExperience working with financial systems or accounting platforms is requiredSoft Skills / ProfileStrong communication skillsFast learner who can step into an existing environment with limited trainingComfortable working in a fast-moving support and integration environment