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Description

UKG is looking to hire a Lead full-stack engineer with expertise in Back-End Software development for one of our HRSD Teams. You will work within a global and distributed team to develop quality software aligned with product and company objectives and take part in building one of our next-generation platform products.



The right candidate will have experience both in hands-on software development or systems engineering, as well as exposure to diagnosing and communicating difficult problems in either engineering or production environments. This role will require a significant breadth of both technical and non-technical skills and a creative, driven, and motivational attitude. You will be responsible for the technical leadership of the Product development Engineering team, a global team developing and delivering on a vision to proactively/reactively manage UKG product development, maintenance, resiliency, performance, and improvement in our products and our ability to own end-to-end delivery from an engineering perspective. You will be a key collaborator, leader, and influencer within UKG engineering culture, improving products and processes equally to increase customer satisfaction.


Essential Duties and Responsibilities: (other duties may be assigned)

• Work with our development team in charge of forms at HRSD, develop new features, and participate in maintenance activities to effectively deliver against our roadmap.

• Work closely with other development teams to ensure successful implementation of applications.
• Work in an agile team environment with other developers, Leads, architects, designers, product managers, business analysts, and the user community to gather and validate business requirements.
• Drive architecture and software improvement through interaction with architects, engineers, and operations, including requirements definition and technical design reviews.
• Translate specifications and requirements into functional application code.
• Mentor more junior developers to ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Demonstrate a focus on quality (unit testing, system testing, user acceptance testing) and product support ownership.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications/Skills:
- 7+ years of experience in Python, Java, JavaScript, EmberJS, Django and related web technologies
- 4+ years of experience as a Tech Lead working on back-end component
- Exposure to Cloud migration preferably in the Google Cloud Platform

Preferred Skills:
• Proficient with Python/Django
• Knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps practices preferred.
• Experience with Agile Methodologies (SCRUM) preferred
• Experience using Jenkins

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