Sr Mgr. Software Engineering

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 organization 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 organization 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 customizable 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.

As an Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for the development and leadership of a highly technical and rapidly evolving engineering team. You will help drive the evolution and transition of our solutions to platforms, ensuring its usability, reliability, and scalability. This role is crucial to the successful delivery of UKG’s products and services and positively impact the experience of many engineers within the organization. The ideal candidate will have proven record of effectively leading a platform engineering team, experience working in public cloud, and a deep technical understanding of the CI/CD engineering tooling and practices.

Key Responsibilities:
• Platform Development: Contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of our solutions and platforms, ensuring usability, reliability, and scalability.
• Automation Leadership: Contribute to the design and implementation of automation for .Net application CI/CD and validation.
• Team Leadership: Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing engineering team with a strong focus on continuous improvement, innovation, and excellence. Ensure team members have the necessary resources and support to excel in their roles.
• Collaboration: Work closely and collaboratively across teams, including product management, security, and cloud operations, to plan and execute against the roadmap.
• Technology Trends: Stay abreast of emerging technologies and best-practices in CI/CD and platform engineering.
• Empathy and Customer Management: Maintain engagement with the developer community to understand their feedback, demonstrate empathy and measure success.
• Technical Leadership: Provide technical leadership to the team, drawing on practical experience with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and Configuration as Code (CaC).
• Skill Building and Enablement: Enhance skill acquisition and enablement across the team.
Qualifications
• Proven experience in platform engineering, with at least 3 years in leadership roles.
• Extensive software engineering development and design experience with complex and highly scalable products using multiple technologies, platforms, and languages.
• Working experience with CI/CD pipeline and tooling (e.g., GitHub, Terraform, Ansible)
• Strong background in .NET and public cloud, ideally GCP.
• Working experience with scripting languages, ideally Ruby or Python.
• Familiarity with DevOps principles and practices.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with agile development methodologies.
• Experience working in a globally distributed environment.
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

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