Sr 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 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.   

This is an opportunity for a senior technocrat, who is passionate about Engineering innovative web services and truly enjoys what they do. As part of this team, you will have an exciting opportunity to be involved in the full project lifecycle of our next generation products and systems which currently enable our teams to streamline activities across all areas of the business.
As a member of UKG, you will have the opportunity to contribute and participate in the following capacities:
• Senior member of the team who is responsible for analysis, design and development of features to meet new customer requirements
• Participate in a fast-paced Agile development team building full-scale software systems
• Design and build advanced software solutions that scale and meet business requirements
• Collaborate closely with senior members and architects of other teams to understand and help in conceptualizing the software architecture
• Ensures adherence of the development team to the architectural vision of the product and also ensuring that associated designs follow that vision
• Collaborate with other members of the team, product owners, quality engineering team members, and documentation writers to ensure appropriate implementation of business requirements
• Collaborate closely with architects to design and conceptualize solutions for multi-tenant / SaaS based offering of the product.
• Assume a mentoring role for other developers, building the skills of less experienced team members, and proactively suggesting process improvements
• Contribute to the suite of automated testing using FlexUnit, Junit, SoapUI
• Participates in the writing of technical documents (functional specifications, design documents, etc.) as required
• Review product requirements in order to give development estimates and product feedback
• Design and develop our core web application using service-oriented architecture exposing APIs for internal and external clients.
• Implement architecture and design patterns to help ensure that systems scale
• Establish processes and best practices around development standards
• Apply technical expertise to challenging architecture and design problems
• Demonstrate good analytical abilities, attention to detail and strong verbal & written communication skills in English
• Demonstrates accountability and ownership for high quality product releases to internal and external customers

• 13+ years of experience in in a fast-paced environment, working through all phases of the software development lifecycle
• Strong experience in enterprise-grade web application development using C#/.NET, MVC, WEB API, Hibernate and Entity Framework
• Knowledge of SQL / MongoDB and database design
• Strong Knowledge of PostgreSQL, .Net Core and React/Angular
• Proven expertise in creating innovative technical design and technical specifications
• Ability to work and communicate clearly and efficiently with team members
• Strong knowledge of Web Standards and Technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery)
• A proponent of continuous integration, unit testing and automation, Strong experience of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery process (CI/CD)
• Excellent debugging/troubleshooting skills
• Ability to communicate information effectively to customers at various organizational levels
• Working knowledge of GIT, TeamCity/Jenkins
• Familiarity with JIRA is a plus
• Experience with enterprise-scale systems is a major plus
• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes infrastructure
• Experience with Cloud providers (e.g., AWS, GCP) and containerization (e.g., Docker)
• Mandatory - Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodology and TDD (Test Driven Development)
• Experience developing and deploying SaaS applications and services into production.
• Prior experience with building state of the art User Interfaces in latest web technologies
• Able to mentor and guide developers and lead technically a team - Experience with Agile development methodologies is a plus
• Able to deliver design and estimates for features that can span both backend and front end technologies. - Excellent English written and oral communication skills

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.