Hiring: Asst Director-Engineering (Wealth Management) Company: Principal Financial Group Location: Des Moines, IA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 14:35:26 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, CPT, Financial Planning, Product Strategy, Systems Design, Wealth Management About the job Experience: •8+ years of technical experience, demonstrating progressive responsibility and impact with a strong focus on quality. •4+ years of Wealth management technology experience is strongly preferred. Required Skills: •Help lead engineering strategy and delivery across Brokerage platform, brokerage operations, and client servicing capabilities. •Help manage integrations with clearing firms such as NFS, Pershing or LPL and vendor tools that provide advisor-client collaboration capabilities. •Own delivery across key wealth platform domains, including advisor tools, client experience, brokerage integration, and servicing operations. •Drive technological innovation by identifying strategic opportunities that deliver maximum business impact to build and grow our services. •Assess emerging technologies and influence technical direction, ensuring alignment with enterprise-wide strategic initiatives and solution architecture practices and principals. •Partner with key stakeholders to transform business objectives into robust technical solutions, while effectively bridging communication between technical and non-technical teams •Shape product strategy and establish compelling technical vision through active participation in enterprise-level programs. •Cultivate an exceptional engineering team by fostering innovation, mentoring talent, and building an outcome-driven culture founded on trust and accountability. Qualifications: •Bachelor's degree (preference in a computer science, technology, engineering or math-related field) or equivalent experience •Formal Leadership experience is required (successfully leading and mentoring direct reports) •Guiding engineers through complex business challenges •Designing and deploying resilient and scalable solutions •Building alignment among diverse stakeholders •Influential communication and collaboration skills Compensation: •$141000 - $191000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) •Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!