16 hours ago
Noida, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Build and deliver critical backend product features through design, implementation, testing, deployment, observability, and support.
- Design scalable backend services, APIs, workflows, integrations, data models, and application changes using Java.
- Serve as the scrum team’s technical lead by guiding technical decisions, reviewing designs and code, mentoring developers, and resolving blockers.
- Improve logging, metrics, tracing, monitoring, alerting, reliability, production diagnostics, and incident resolution.
- Optimize application and database performance, including latency, throughput, indexing, query execution, transactions, caching, and capacity.
- Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, technical discussions, code reviews, production readiness, and post-release stabilization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with hands-on enterprise software development.
- Strong Java experience including backend services, object-oriented design, concurrency, debugging, and performance-aware coding.
- Strong experience with relational databases, SQL, schema design, indexing, query optimization, and transaction management.
- Experience with microservices, distributed systems, cloud-native applications, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, code reviews, and source control.
- Understanding of observability practices and ability to troubleshoot application, database, integration, and runtime issues.
- Ability to act as a hands-on technical lead, contribute to team execution, learn technologies quickly, and collaborate effectively.
- Preferred qualifications include enterprise SaaS or large-scale cloud-native experience; AWS, Azure, or GCP; Kubernetes and containers; messaging, caching, and event-driven systems; observability tools; performance testing; AI coding assistants; and developer mentoring.
Benefits
- UKG states that the role offers real flexibility and benefits employees can count on.
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About UKG
UKG builds cloud software for human capital and workforce management—HR, payroll, timekeeping, and scheduling—sold as SaaS to mid‑size and large employers. Formed in 2020 by the merger of Ultimate Software and Kronos, it is privately held by Hellman & Friedman and has dual headquarters in Lowell, Massachusetts, and Weston, Florida. Its platform helps organizations handle pay, compliance, and workforce planning across industries.