Lead Software Engineer

UKG is looking for a talented Java engineer to lead our Product Development teams in building the next generation of products for the Integration Platform team. In this role, you’ll be leading a development team responsible for solving challenging design and development problems -- creating scalable, performant, resilient and secure services that are used by our Product Suite. You will work together with some of the most highly skilled software professionals in the business designing, building, and maintaining globally available software that serves millions of people and processes millions of data points each and every day.

Primary/Essential Duties And Key Responsibilities

• Research, design, test, and evaluate technologies for building reactive, event-driven systems
• Create architectural and technical designs for complex features
• Responsible for maximizing the maintainability and extensibility of the solutions
• Improve the developer experience for product development teams
• Mentor developers on the team, fostering an environment of continued learning and improvement
• Empower the team to deliver quality software in a timely manner and continuously improve the development process
• Write high-quality code, that is supported by an appropriate level of testing and metrics
• Have a high bar for yourself and others when working with production systems
• Intellectually curious to adapt to changing technologies, platforms, and environments
• Enjoy working in a collaborative environment with a diverse group of people partnering effectively with the team members, partners, and customers

*We are looking for candidates local to the office and this is a hybrid role going into the office 3 days per week*

Qualifications

• Knowledge of microservices architecture
• Experience building event-driven, reactive microservices with RabbitMQ or Kafka Streams
• Experience working with Kubernetes, Docker, and public cloud deployment platforms
• Strong experience working with continuous integration and continuous delivery
• More than 7 years of experience engaging and working with cross-functional enterprise level software development projects using Agile development methodologies
• Experience with, or understanding of, Agile/Lean Software Development practices such as Kanban or Scrum

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficient with CQRS and Event Sourcing
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills coupled with strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated, continuous improvement mindset and willing to “do what it takes” to get the job done
• Ability to manage and balance multiple deliverables concurrently in an environment with shifting priorities