Job Description

### Company Overview

Here at UKG, our purpose is people(TM). 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?


### Description & Qualifications

Description


We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Software Engineer to join our dynamic team. 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. You will drive technical strategy, lead large-scale projects, and mentor engineers across the organization. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of highly complex software systems.



Responsibilities:

• Software Development: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code for various software applications and systems.
• Technical Strategy: Drive the technical strategy and vision for major projects and initiatives, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry best practices. Communicate complex concepts, anticipate potential objections, and influence others to adopt a point of view.
• Impact: Impact the achievement of area/group objectives. Develop team policies, procedures, and techniques. Drive prioritization of technical debt, articulating the expected impact and outcomes.
• DevOps Model: Oversee CI/CD pipelines, ensuring efficient build, test, and deployment phases. Take ownership from working with product management on requirements to designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining software in production.
• Testing: Build testable software, define tests, focus on quality(unit testing, system testing, user acceptance testing) automate tests using tools (e.g., JUnit, Selenium) and design patterns leveraging the test automation pyramid as the guide.
• Code Review: Conduct comprehensive code reviews, providing constructive feedback and ensuring adherence to best practices.
• Mentorship: Provide technical mentorship and guidance, fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement. Mentor junior engineers on taking ownership of the full lifecycle of services and features.
• Documentation: Develop and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for software applications and systems.
• Innovation: Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, advocating for their adoption where appropriate to drive innovation and productivity enhancement within the team (e.g., CoPilot).
Qualifications


Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Deep expertise in programming language SCALA
• Experience building and maintaining scalable applications using Scala technologies, Play and Docker containers.
• Demonstrated proficiency with developing web services, mostly RESTful API'.
• Proficiency with Git / GitHub as a version control system.
• Experience with PostgreSQL as well as in Unit testing.
• Knowledge of Cats, Ansible, Kubernetes, Redis, Sbt, Odin is a plus.
• Knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps practices preferred.
• Proficiency with cloud technologies like Azure, AWS, GCP, and version control systems like GitHub.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail, with a commitment to delivering high-quality software solutions.
• Proficiency in building telemetry or observability as part of the development process.
### EEO Statement

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.