Principal Software Engineer

Company Overview:

With 80,000 customers across 150 countries, UKG is the largest U.S.-based private software company in the world. And we’re only getting started. Ready to bring your bold ideas and collaborative mindset to an organisation that still has so much more to build and achieve? Read on. At UKG, you get more than just a job. You get to work with purpose. Our team of U Krewers are on a mission to inspire every organisation to become a great place to work through our award-winning HR technology built for all. Here, we know that you’re more than your work. That’s why our benefits help you thrive personally and professionally, from wellness programs and tuition reimbursement to U Choose — a customisable expense reimbursement program that can be used for more than 200+ needs that best suit you and your family, from student loan repayment, to childcare, to pet insurance. Our inclusive culture, active and engaged employee resource groups, and caring leaders value every voice and support you in doing the best work of your career. If you’re passionate about our purpose — people —then we can’t wait to support whatever gives you purpose. We’re united by purpose, inspired by you.

Primary/Essential Duties and Key Responsibilities:
• Research, design, test, and evaluate technologies for building reactive, event-driven systems
• Create architectural and technical design for complex features
• Responsible for maximising the maintainability and extensibility of the solutions
• Improve the developer experience for product development teams
• Mentor developers on the team, fostering an environment of continued learning and improvement
• Empower the team to deliver quality software in a timely manner and continuously improve the development process
• Write high-quality code, that is supported by an appropriate level of testing and metrics
• Have a high bar for yourself and others when working with production systems
• Intellectually curious to adapt to changing technologies, platforms, and environments
• Enjoy working in a collaborative environment with a diverse group of people partnering effectively with the team members, partners, and customers Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related field

• At least 8 - 12 years of industry experience
• Excellent knowledge on API management concepts
• Knowledge on Rest API, SOAP framework, XML, Web service design
• Broad experience and in-depth skills with: C#.Net, Javascript, Angular, jQuery, MongoDB, SQL Database
• Experience in engineering practices such as code refactoring, design patterns, design-driven development, continuous integration, building highly scalable applications with security
• Experience in creating interfaces for upstream/downstream applications
• Experience with Cloud providers (e.g., GCP) and containerisation (e.g., Docker)
• Strong knowledge for deployment automation
• Experience in writing WCF, Web services and RESTful services
• Strong experience working with HTML and CSS
• Good experience in reviewing the code and ensure the code quality
• Flexibility to understand and adopt pre-existing/legacy code
• Team player with strong analytical, problem solving, debugging and troubleshooting skills
• Working experience of GIT, Bitbucket, TeamCity/Jenkins
• Familiarity with JIRA/TFS
• Demonstrated ability to work in a cross geographical team Where we're going UKG is on the cusp of something truly special.

Worldwide, we already hold the #1 market share position for workforce management and the #2 position for human capital management. Tens of millions of frontline workers start and end their days with our software, with billions of shifts managed annually through UKG solutions today. Yet it’s our AI-powered product portfolio designed to support customers of all sizes, industries, and geographies that will propel us into an even brighter tomorrow!

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   

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