Software Engineer III- Eng

At UKG, the work you do matters. The code you ship, the decisions you make, and the care you show a customer all add up to real impact. Today, tens of millions of workers start and end their days with our workforce operating platform. Helping people get paid, grow in their careers, and shape the future of their industries. That’s what we do.

We never stop learning. We never stop challenging the norm. We push for better, and we celebrate the wins along the way. Here, you’ll get flexibility that’s real, benefits you can count on, and a team that succeeds together. Because at UKG, your work matters-and so do you.

Feature Ownership & Delivery

-Own the design and implementation of well-defined payroll features or service components from development through production.

-Break down moderately complex requirements into clear technical tasks and implement them with minimal oversight.

-Ensure features meet functional, performance, and reliability requirements.

-Participate actively in design reviews, sprint planning, and retrospectives.

-Payroll Processing & Domain Expertise

-Implement payroll calculations, data transformations, and processing workflows with a strong focus on correctness and auditability.

-Understand and apply payroll domain concepts such as earnings, deductions, taxes, retroactive changes, and off-cycle runs.

-Handle regulatory-driven changes with guidance, ensuring solutions are robust and traceable.

-Investigate and resolve payroll defects or production issues, including root-cause analysis and preventative fixes.

System Design & Technical Judgment

-Contribute to the design of backend services, APIs, and data models within established architectural patterns.

-Make sound technical decisions within your area of ownership, escalating risks or ambiguities when appropriate.

-Identify code and design improvements that reduce complexity, improve reliability, or enhance performance.

-Balance short-term delivery with long-term maintainability.

Engineering Excellence

-Write high-quality, well-tested code and hold yourself and others to strong engineering standards.

-Perform thorough code reviews, providing constructive and actionable feedback.

-Apply best practices for logging, monitoring, error handling, and resiliency.

-Contribute to refactoring and incremental modernization of existing payroll systems.

Collaboration & Mentorship

-Collaborate effectively with product, QA, and platform teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.

-Share knowledge through documentation, code reviews, and technical discussions.

-Mentor junior engineers through pairing, code feedback, and informal coaching.

-Communicate clearly about technical tradeoffs, risks, and delivery timelines.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

-4+ years of professional software development experience.

-Deep expertise in one or more programming languages such as C#, .NET, Python, Java, or JavaScript.

-Extensive experience with software development practices and design patterns.

-Proficiency with version control systems like GitHub and bug/work tracking systems like JIRA.

-Understanding of cloud technologies and DevOps principles.

Preferred Qualifications:

-Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.

-Experience with cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, or GCP.

-Experience in both private and public cloud infrastructure.

-Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.

-Experience with test automation frameworks and tools.

-Knowledge of agile development methodologies.

-Strong skills in problem solving and leading a multi-disciplinary room.

The pay range for this position is $102,300 to $147,050. The actual base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and work location. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible to participate in a performance-based bonus plan and to receive restricted stock unit awards as part of total compensation. Learn more about UKG’s benefits and rewards at https://www.ukg.com/about-us/careers/benefits

UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work. With the world’s largest collection of workforce insights, and people-first AI, our ability to reveal unseen ways to build trust, amplify productivity, and empower talent, is unmatched. It’s this expertise that equips our customers with the intelligence to solve any challenge in any industry - because great organizations know their workforce is their competitive edge. Learn more at ukg.com.

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