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 achieveRead on.







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. Job Profile1. Collaborate with other members of the team, product owners, quality engineering team members, and documentation writers to ensure appropriate implementation of business requirements2. Maintain and create patch builds for local and remote employees. Ensure smooth delivery of builds working with remote counterparts to provide coverage and hand-off of critical issues.3. Act as point of contact for managing multiple releases across organization4. Take responsibility for the release management process5. Maintain service pack build and task stream management for all CE streams as well as interfacing with next new product deliverables6. Communication with the Engineering and Stakeholders for new configuration and delivery options and improvement options7. Develop and debug customer issues found in the installation of configuration code of the UKG system8. Manage and own the deployment activities including the execution of the deployment Plans as per checklists9. Work towards improvement of Release deployments with automation & process refinements10. A mentoring role for other developers, building the skills of less experienced team members and proactively suggesting process improvements as a technical leader within the team.11. Participates in the writing of technical documents (functional specifications, design documents, etc.) as required12. Estimate the work required for new features13. Collaborate closely with architects to design and conceptualize solutions for multi-tenant/cloud-based offering of the product14. Experience in issue triage, troubleshooting & Root Cause Analysis15. Follow the ITIL standard to push the code in production environments16. Ability to learn and adapt new technologies and platformQualification1. 8-13 years of experience of release management, installation work in a client/ server architecture2. Hands-On Experience on GCP, GitHub-action & Kubernetes Platform3. Expert knowledge of DevOps, CI-CD pipelines, Terraform, Ansible Python & Java language.4. Working knowledge of Jenkins for managing and publishing scheduled and ad-hoc builds5. Working knowledge of Cloud-Based technologies6. Experience with PostgreSQL and SQL scripting and understanding the deployment of scripts7. Experience working with Gradle and Artifactory for developing builds and setting up release streams8. Experience to manage Linux and Windows based platforms9. Ability to communicate both verbally and written to a variety of audiences10. Working with remote and local engineers and willingness to work off hours at times to deliver on customer commitments including weekends and holidays at times11. BS or equivalent in Computer Science

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!



in the Application and Interview Process

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