Sr. Staff Software Engineer- Cloud

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, challenging the norm, and pushing for better while celebrating the wins along the way. Here, you’ll get real flexibility, benefits you can count on, and a team that succeeds together.

About The Team

UKG is looking for a Senior Staff Engineer to build and maintain our public/private cloud’s PaaS layer (Platform as a Service). This is a specialized team that abstracts the complexities of Infrastructure, Networking, and Security requirements to ensure they are consumed in standardized ways for supporting Applications. These services are built in Linux leveraging various technologies including Go, Ansible, Concourse, K8s, GKE, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Openstack.

About The Role

• Manage, improve, and maintain our tools and services stack across the organization and deliver value incrementally
• Build mature applications and services to enable Product Development teams through an in-house self-service portal
• Collaborate with Development and Engineering teams to understand gaps and requirements while meeting expectations
• Join team meetings daily and as needed and collaborate with peers and teams within the organization
• Troubleshoot issues by reviewing information at hand, developing detailed implementation plans with automation and test details, and mentoring team members
• Lead and guide engineers with implementations
• Understand cross-functional impact and high-level topology across services
• Ensure development aligns with UKG guidelines and industry’s best practices
• Communicate with and mentor teams on best practices and guidelines regarding the best use of our tooling and services
• Write technical specifications and documentation
• Participate in a rotational on-call schedule with the team

Qualifications

About You:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field, however equivalent work experience in a similar position may be substituted for educational requirements
• 10+ years of experience building and/or configuring cloud infrastructure and services on-prem or public (GCP preferred) through code
• 10+ years of experience with at least one programming language (e.g., Java, Golang, Ruby, Python)
• 10+ years of experience managing Linux-based platforms
• 10+ years of experience with Cloud Native solutions (Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, and/or Azure)
• 10+ years of experience with DevOps practices and toolsets, such as Terraform, Ansible, GitHub, Vault, CI/CD delivery models
• Experience working with container technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Strong scripting experience in at least two of the following: Perl, Bash, Python, PowerShell
• Windows and Linux OS and Networking experience (TCP/IP, Firewalls, SSL, Load Balancing, WAFs, SMTP, DNS, etc.)
• Experience developing, deploying, and maintaining highly available services at scale
• Experience with Infrastructure test automation
• Experience with web technologies utilizing Microservices, SOA patterns, and REST
• Understanding of Site Reliability Engineering principles

Pay

The pay range for this position is $145,600 to $209,000. 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.

Benefits

Learn more about UKG’s benefits and rewards at ukg.com/about-us/careers/benefits.