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Why UKG:

At UKG, the work you do matters. The code you ship, the decisions you make, and the care you show a customer all add up to real impact. Today, tens of millions of workers start and end their days with our workforce operating platform. Helping people get paid, grow in their careers, and shape the future of their industries. That's what we do.

We never stop learning. We never stop challenging the norm. We push for better, and we celebrate the wins along the way. Here, you'll get flexibility that's real, benefits you can count on, and a team that succeeds together. Because at UKG, your work matters-and so do you.

We are looking for innovative and dynamic Senior Staff Software Engineers to join our dynamic team. This role provides an opportunity to lead projects and contribute to high-impact software solutions that are used by enterprises and users worldwide. As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, development, testing, deployment, operation, and maintenance of complex software systems, as well as mentoring junior colleagues. You will work in a collaborative environment, contributing to the technical foundation behind our flagship products and services.
We are seeking engineers with diverse specialties and skills to join our dynamic team to innovate and solve complex problems. Our team is looking for exceptional engineers with expertise in the following areas:
• Front End UI: (UI/UX design principles, responsive design, JavaScript frameworks)
• Platform: (CI/CD Pipelines, IAC proficiency, Containerization/Orchestration, Cloud Platforms)
• Back End: (API Development, Database Management, Security Practices, Message Queuing)
• AI/ML: (Machine Learning Frameworks, Data Processing, Algorithm Development, Big Data Technologies, Domain Knowledge)

Responsibilities:
• Software Development: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code for various software applications and systems.
• Technical Collaborator: Contribute to the design, development, and deployment of complex software applications and systems, ensuring they meet high standards of quality and performance.
• Project Management: Manage execution and delivery of features and projects, negotiating project priorities and deadlines, ensuring successful and timely completion, with quality.
• Architectural Design: Participate in design reviews with peers and stakeholders and in the architectural design of new features and systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Code Review: Diligent about reviewing code developed by other engineers, provide feedback and maintain a high bar of technical excellence to ensure code is adhering to industry standard best practices like coding guidelines, elegant, efficient and maintainable code, with observability built from ground up, unit tests etc.
• Testing: Build testable software, define tests, participate in the testing process, automate tests using tools (e.g., Junit, Selenium) and Design Patterns leveraging the test automation pyramid as the guide.
• Service Health and Quality: Maintain the health and quality of services and incidents, proactively identifying and resolving issues. Utilize service health indicators and telemetry for action providing recommendations to optimize performance. Conduct thorough root cause analysis and drive the implementation of measures to prevent future recurrences.
• Platform Model: Understanding of working in a DevOps Model. Taking ownership from working with product management on requirements to design, develop, test, continuously deploy continuously deploy and operate the software in production.
• Documentation: Properly document new features, enhancements or fixes to the product, and contributing to training materials.

Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years of professional software development experience.
• Deep expertise in one or more programming languages such as C++, C#, .NET, Python, Java, or JavaScript.
• Extensive experience with software development practices and design patterns.
• Proficiency with version control systems like GitHub and bug/work tracking systems like JIRA.
• Understanding of cloud technologies and DevOps principles.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, or GCP
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools
• Experience with test automation frameworks and tools
• Knowledge of agile development methodologies
• Familiarity with developing accessible solutions
• Demonstrates strong customer empathy by understanding and addressing user needs and challenges
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment

Company Overview:

UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work. With the world's largest collection of workforce insights, and people-first AI, our ability to reveal unseen ways to build trust, amplify productivity, and empower talent, is unmatched. It's this expertise that equips our customers with the intelligence to solve any challenge in any industry - because great organizations know their workforce is their competitive edge. Learn more at ukg.com.

UKG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace, including the recruitment process.

Disability Accommodation in the Application and Interview Process

For individuals with disabilities that need additional assistance at any point in the application and interview process, please email UKGCareers@ukg.com

About UKG

Size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Technology

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