Staff Software Developer- Eng

Location: Toronto,ON,Canada

Department: Software & Product Development

Work Location: remote local

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.

About the role:

We are looking for a Staff Software Developer- Eng to join our dynamic team in WFMaaS Platform. 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 Staff Software Developer- Eng, you will be responsible for the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of complex software systems, as well as mentoring junior engineers. 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 for various software applications and systems. 

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 while ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability. 

Code Review: Diligently review code by other developers, provide feedback, and maintain a high bar of technical excellence to ensure code is adhering to industry standard best practices. Examples include but are not limited to: following coding guidelines, supporting efficient and maintainable code, ensuring observability is built from the ground up, and effective unit and integration tests. 

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.

  Documentation: Properly document new features, enhancements, or fixes to the product, contributing to training materials, and sharing knowledge with the team.  Collaboration: Coordinate with other team members, product, and external team members to align and ensure the integrity and quality of the final solution.

About you,

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. 
• 7+ years of professional software development experience. 
• Deep expertise in one or more programming languages as Java
• 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.
• Experience with NoSQL (Mongo) and SQL (Postgres) databases.
• Experience of message brokers such as RabbitMQ or Kafka.
• Strong experience with front-end framework such as React or Angular.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.

  Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, or GCP
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools like Jenkins, Github Actions
• Experience with test automation frameworks and tools. 
• Knowledge of agile development methodologies. 
• Familiarity with developing accessible technologies. 
• Dedicated to diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• exposure to AI-assisted coding / AI agents.

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 maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration 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. 

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 [email protected]. 

*Quebec candidates: While French is required for Quebec roles, use of the English language is also required due to the global nature of the business and the need to interact with UKG US headquarters and international sites.  

The pay range for this position is 110,400 CAD to 149,000 CAD. The actual base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and work location. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible to participate in a performance-based bonus plan and to receive restricted stock unit awards as part of total compensation. Learn more about UKG’s benefits and rewards at https://www.ukg.com/about-us/careers/benefits

The pay range for this position is $110,400.00 CAD to $149,000.00 CAD. The actual base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and work location. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible to participate in a performance-based bonus plan and to receive restricted stock unit awards as part of total compensation. Learn more about UKG’s benefits and rewards at https://www.ukg.com/about-us/careers/benefits