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 achieve? Read on.  At UKG, you get more than just a job. You get to work with purpose. Our team of UKrewers 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: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 Principal software Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of highly complex software systems.Duties and Responsibilities:• Software Development: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code for various software applications and systems. Ensure hands-on keyboard involvement in critical projects.• 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.• 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.• 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.• 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.• 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.• 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.• 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.• 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, participate in the testing process, 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.• Design review: Conduct design reviews impacting subsystems working with architects to ensure adherence to architectural guardrails.• 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).• Collaboration: Execute decisions at a hyper execution phase and collaborate with other teams with similar technologies.• Influence: Maintain a deep technical sphere of influence across teams, acting as a role model for engineering behaviors and continuously improving quality.Basic Qualifications:• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.• 10+ years of professional software development experience.• Deep expertise in one or more programming languages such as C, C++, C#, .NET, Python, Java, or JavaScript.• Extensive experience with software architecture and design patterns, including the ability to design and implement scalable, reliable systems in a DevOps model.• Proven track record of leading and delivering large-scale, complex software projects.• 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.• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and drive technical decisions across the organization.Preferred Qualifications:• Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.• Familiarity with developing accessible technologies.• Dedicated to diversity and inclusion initiatives.• Demonstrated expertise in specialized disciplines and related fields. Recognized as an expert in their technical area.• Understanding of internal and external business challenges and regulatory factors. Apply best practices to improve products, processes, or services.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!   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.      View The EEO Know Your Rights poster and its supplement.View the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination ProvisionUKG participates in E-Verify. View the E-Verify posters here.   Disability Accommodation For individuals with disabilities that need additional assistance at any point in the application and interview process, please email UKGCareers@ukg.com. The pay range for this position is $137,900.00 to $198,250.00, however, base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and location. This position is also eligible for a short-term incentive and a long-term incentive as part of total compensation. Information about UKG’s comprehensive benefits can be reviewed on our careers site at Job ID:PRINC009019Employment Type:RegularWork Style:Location:Atlanta,GA,United StatesTravel:Role:Principal Software EngineerDepartment:Software & Product Development