Senior Software Engineer

Here at UKG, our purpose is people™. Our HR, payroll, and workforce management solutions help organizations unlock happier outcomes for all. And our U Krewers, who build those solutions and support our business, are talented, collaborative, and innovative problem-solvers. We strive to create a culture of belonging and an employee experience that empowers our people - both at work and at home. Our benefits show that we care about the whole you, from adoption and surrogacy assistance to tuition reimbursement and wellness programs. Our employee resource groups provide a welcoming place to land, learn, and connect with those who share your passions and interests. What are you waiting for? Learn more at www.ukg.com/careers  #WeAreUKG  

About the role:

UKG is a leader in the HCM space, and is at the forefront of artificial intelligence innovation, dedicated to developing cutting-edge generative AI solutions that transform the HR / HCM industry and enhance user experiences. We are seeking a talented and motivated AI Engineers to join our dynamic team and contribute to the development of next-generation AI/GenAI based products and solutions. This role will provide you with the opportunity to work on cutting-edge SaaS technologies and impactful projects that are used by enterprises and users worldwide. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be involved in the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of software solutions. You will work in a collaborative environment, contributing to the technical foundation behind our flagship products and services. 

 Responsibilities:  

•  Software Development: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code or various software applications and systems.  
  • GenAI Product Development: Participate in the entire AI development lifecycle, including data collection, preprocessing, model training, evaluation, and deployment.Assist in researching and experimenting with state-of-the-art generative AI techniques to improve model performance and capabilities.
• Technical Leadership: 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 developers, 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.  
• Dev Ops Model: Understanding of working in a DevOps Model.  Taking ownership from working with product management on requirements to design, develop, test, deploy and maintain the software in production.    
• Documentation: Properly document new features, enhancements or fixes to the product, contributing to training materials.  

Minimum Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. 
• 4+ years of professional software development experience. 
• Deep expertise as developer using Python, FastAPI, PyTest, Celery, and other Python frameworks. 
• 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 object-oriented programming, concurrency, design patterns, and REST APIs. 
• Experience with CI/CD tooling such as Terraform and GitHub Actions. 
• High level familiarity with AI/ML, GenAI, and MLOps concepts.
• Familiarity with frameworks like LangChain and LangGraph.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, MSSQL, or Postgres. 
• Experience with testing tools such as PyTest, PyMock, xUnit, mocking frameworks, etc. 
• Experience with GCP technologies such as VertexAI, BigQuery, GKE, GCS, DataFlow, and Kubeflow.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Java and Scala a plus.

Equal Opportunity Employer:     

Ultimate Kronos Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive considerations for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, veteran status, and any other legally protected status under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws.      

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Disability Accommodation:  

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

USA Pay Transparency: 

The pay range for this position is $109,000 to $156,700, however, base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and location. This position is also eligible for a short-term incentive and a long-term incentive as part of total compensation. Information about UKG’s comprehensive benefits can be reviewed on our careers site at https://www.ukg.com/careers