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.  About the role: UKG Inc is hiring software professionals who are high on energy and are eager to learn new technologies. As a Lead Software Developer, you will be responsible to design &amp; develop web based applications by following the best practices in the market. UKGDimensions (Workforce Management) is our flagship offering with enterprise grade sophistication and an envious market share. If you love solving complex problems and have a customer first mindset, then this group is for you. Responsibilities: <ul> <li> Software Development: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code for various software applications and systems. Ensure hands-on keyboard involvement in critical projects. </li> <li> 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. </li> <li> Leadership: Lead cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deliver high-impact software projects on time and within budget. Coordinate activities and tasks of other team members and across teams, working independently and needing guidance only in the most complex situations. </li> <li> Architectural Excellence: Architect, design, and develop complex software systems and applications, ensuring high standards of performance, scalability, and reliability. Collaborate with architects on mid-level and high-level design. </li> <li> Complexity: Solve complex issues with innovative solutions, setting precedents as needed. Navigate information, alternatives, and relationships to achieve results. Communicate complex concepts, anticipate objections, and influence adoption of viewpoints. </li> <li> 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. </li> <li> Service Health and Quality: Ensure the health and quality of services and incidents, proactively identifying and addressing issues. Utilize service health indicators and telemetry for action. Conduct thorough root cause analysis and implement measures to prevent future recurrences. </li> <li> Engineering Excellence Practices: Advocate for and implement best quality practices, hold a high bar for engineering excellence, and guide the team in maintaining service quality through the testing pyramid. </li> <li> 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. </li> <li> 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. </li> <li> Code Review: Conduct comprehensive code reviews, providing constructive feedback and ensuring adherence to best practices. </li> <li> Design Review: Conduct design reviews impacting subsystems, working with architects to ensure adherence to architectural guardrails. </li> <li> 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. </li> <li> Documentation: Develop and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for software applications and systems. </li> <li> 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). </li> <li> Collaboration: Execute decisions at a hyper execution phase and collaborate with other teams with similar technologies. </li> <li> Influence: Maintain a deep technical sphere of influence across teams, acting as a role model for engineering behaviors and continuously improving quality. </li> </ul> Basic Qualifications: <ul> <li> Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field. </li> <li> 8-10 years years of professional software development experience. </li> <li> Expertise Spring Framework, SOA/Microservices and REST Webservices, SaaS/Cloud/Multitenant based products. </li> <li> Good experience with unit testing processes, tools (JUnit) and Design Patterns. </li> <li> Hands-on experience with Database like Oracle/PPAS and message brokers like RabbitMQ/Kafka. </li> <li> Experience in one or more ORM frameworks such as Hibernate. </li> <li> Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodology and TDD (Test Driven Development). </li> <li> Excellent debugging/troubleshooting skills. </li> <li> Working knowledge of CSS/Html/JS and UI frameworks like Angular. </li> <li> Good experience with Unit Testing processes and tools (JUnit, Mockito, PowerMock, etc.). </li> <li> Good experience of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery process (CI/CD). </li> <li> Exposure to database techniques/tools such as data modeling, Oracle, SQL, etc </li> <li> Exposure to Agile/SCRUM methodology and TDD (Test Driven Development) </li> <li> Extensive experience with software architecture and design patterns, including the ability to design and implement scalable, reliable systems in a DevOps model. </li> <li> Proficiency with cloud technologies like Azure, AWS, GCP, and version control systems like GitHub. </li> <li> Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail, with a commitment to delivering high-quality software solutions. </li> <li> Proficiency in building telemetry or observability as part of the development process. </li> <li> Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and drive technical decisions across the organization. </li> </ul> 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 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 <a href="mailto:UKGCareers@ukg.com." target="_blank">UKGCareers@ukg.com. </a>

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