Software Engineer III- Eng

Why UKG: 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. We are looking for a Software Engineer III to join our dynamic team. This role provides an opportunity to contribute to high-impact software solutions used by enterprises and users worldwide, with a focus on building and enhancing data platform and eventing capabilities. As a Software Engineer III, you will design, develop, and maintain complex software systems — implementing event-driven and data processing technologies that enable analytics, improve business operations, and support scalable, reliable data sharing across the enterprise. You will work in a collaborative environment, contributing to the technical foundation behind our flagship products and services. We are seeking engineers with diverse specialties and skills to innovate and solve complex challenges. Our team is looking for strong talent with expertise in the following areas: • Back End Engineer (API Development, Database Management, Security Practices, Message Queuing) • DevOps Engineer (CI/CD Pipelines, IaC proficiency, Containerization/Orchestration, Cloud Platforms) About the Team The team builds and operates the core systems that enable data movement, processing, and availability across the organization. We specialize in event-driven and streaming architectures, with a strong focus on Kafka-based platforms and cloud-native technologies. Our work supports real-time product capabilities, analytics, and intelligent automation by ensuring data is reliable, scalable, and secure. About the Role As a Software Engineer III on the team, you will design, develop, and maintain software systems that capture, route, store, and transform data from a wide range of internal and external sources. You will work primarily on eventing and streaming solutions, contributing to distributed systems that operate at scale and require high reliability. This role emphasizes strong software engineering fundamentals, sound understanding of data and data relationships, and the ability to deliver production-quality solutions. You will collaborate closely with peers, product partners, and dependent teams to translate business and technical requirements into well-designed, maintainable software. Responsibilities • Software Development: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code for various software applications and systems, following established coding standards and best practices. • Technical Leadership: Contribute to the design, development, and deployment of complex software applications and systems, ensuring they meet high standards of quality and performance. • Event-Driven & Data Platform Engineering: Design and develop software components for event-driven and data platform systems with a focus on reliability, scalability, and maintainability. Build and operate data pipelines that ingest, route, and persist structured and unstructured data across distributed systems. • Project Management: Manage execution and delivery of features and projects, negotiating priorities and deadlines, ensuring successful and timely completion with quality. • Architectural Design: Participate in design reviews with peers and stakeholders and in the architectural design of new features and systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability. • Code Review: Diligently review code developed by other engineers, provide feedback, and maintain a high bar of technical excellence adhering to industry best practices — including coding guidelines, unit tests, and observability built from the ground up. • Testing: Build testable software, define tests, and automate using tools (e.g., JUnit, Selenium) and design patterns leveraging the test automation pyramid. Test, debug, and troubleshoot software to meet functional, performance, and operational requirements. • Service Health and Quality: Maintain the health and quality of services and incidents, proactively identifying and resolving issues. Utilize service health indicators and telemetry for actionable recommendations to optimize performance. Conduct root cause analysis and drive measures to prevent future recurrences. • DevOps Model: Take ownership across the full lifecycle — from working with product management on requirements to design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain software in production. • Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data and software solutions align with product and platform needs. Contribute to design standards, documentation, and assurance processes. • Tooling & Innovation: Evaluate and adopt new tools or technologies that improve data processing, automation, or platform robustness. • Documentation: Properly document new features, enhancements, and fixes, contributing to training materials and team knowledge. Minimum Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience. • Deep expertise in one or more programming languages such as Java, Python, C#, .NET, or JavaScript. • Experience building distributed systems or data-intensive applications. • 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. • Familiarity with Agile development practices. • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and collaboration skills. Preferred Qualifications • Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka or similar streaming/eventing platforms. • Understanding of data modeling, data integrity, and data lifecycle concepts. • Experience with cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, or GCP and cloud-based data platforms. • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools. • Exposure to big data, automation, or AI/ML-enabled data processing techniques • Experience with test automation frameworks and tools. • Experience using AI-powered development tools (such as coding assistants, automated testing tools, or intelligent agents) to improve developer productivity, code quality, and delivery efficiency. Company Overview: 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. UKG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace, including the recruitment process. Disability Accommodation in the Application and Interview Process For individuals with disabilities that need additional assistance at any point in the application and interview process, please email UKGCareers@ukg.com