Principal Software Engineer

Role & responsibilities

• Manage, improve, and maintain our tools and services stack across the organization and deliver value incrementally
• Maintain and enhance our current set of managed services, which include: Kubernetes, MongoDB, MongoDB Atlas, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Redis, RabbitMQ, and PostgreSQL
• Build mature applications and services to enable Product Development teams through in-house self-service portal
• Collaborate with Development and Engineering teams to understand gaps and requirements while meeting expectations
• Architect and implement solutions for internal self-service offering technical architecture diagrams and user guides for internal administrators, operators, and users
• Join team meetings daily and as needed and collaborate with peers and teams within the organization
• Troubleshoot issues by reviewing information at hand, develop detailed implementation plan with automation and test details, and mentoring team members
• Be on a rotational on-call schedule with the team
• Perform other duties as assigned by a supervisor/manager or team lead depending on severity and business needs
• Occasional travel as necessary

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field, however equivalent work experience in similar position may be substituted for educational requirements.
• 8+ years of experience building and/or configuring Cloud infrastructure and services (on-prem or public) through code, such as Terraform.
• 8+ years of experience with Cloud Native solutions (Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, and/or Azure).
• 8+ years of experience with at least one programming language (e.g. Java/Golang/Ruby/Python).
• Experience working with container technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with one or more distributed version control/Source Code Management (SCM) technology and its workflows like git and the understanding of the GitOps/DevOps mindset.
• Experience developing, deploying, and maintaining highly available services at scale.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure test automation.
• Experience with web technologies utilizing Microservices, SOA patterns and REST.

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 

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