SOFTWARE ENGINEERING MANAGER

Company: Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG)
Location: Fort Lauderdale
Posted on: February 21, 2021

Job Description:

Are you a Technology Leader that is excited about building and leading high performing Software Engineering teams? We are looking for a Manager of Software Engineering within our Product Experience group to be responsible for the direct management of fast evolving product engineering teams focused on building features and frameworks which allow our end-users to have an exceptional experience when leveraging our solutions. Must be passionate about developing and growing engineers, leveraging modern technologies to rapidly deliver products with high quality, and increasing operational efficiency through continuous process improvement. Here at UKG, Our Purpose Is People. UKG combines the strength and innovation of Ultimate Software and Kronos, uniting two award-winning, employee-centered cultures. Our employees are an extraordinary group of talented, energetic, and innovative people who care about more than just work. We strive to create a culture of belonging and an employee experience that empowers our people. UKG has more than 13,000 employees around the globe and is known for its inclusive workplace culture. Ready to be inspired? Learn more at Primary/Essential Duties and Key Responsibilities:

• Drive innovation and manage product development teams within a fast paced, agile environment
• Cultivate an environment of continuous engineering improvement through mentoring, feedback, and metrics
• Recruit IT professionals with business and industry experience, and develop, reward and energize a competent, effective team within the technology organization. Identify and implement strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce
• Manage and/or lead software development teams, obtaining necessary resources, acting as an escalation point and removing impediments to achieve goals and objectives
• Engage in hands-on design and ensure alignment of strategy, architecture, tools/methods with software engineers and architects to execute product roadmaps
• Collaborate with a wide variety of stakeholders within business and technology teams to drive change required to execute product roadmaps
• Enable integrated teams to deliver technology solutions in support of key product initiatives by working closely with product managers, technical project managers, architects, engineers, and quality assurance
• Collaborate within and across business units to prioritize, plan, and execute the development schedule for major product releases
• Own team processes to increase efficiency. Develop, measure and interpret statistics that serve as indicators of team performance. Use this information to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Set the example and expectations for team conduct. Inspire positive behavior and interactions. When needed, directly address, and resolve, behavior that falls below expectations. Required Qualifications:
  • 5+ years of experience managing software engineering teams designing and building software products in a fast-paced, complex, and dynamic product development environment
  • Extensive hands-on experience building and managing the development of complex, large scale enterprise applications and products that require a deep understanding of application logic and dependencies
  • Strong experience working with continuous integration and continuous delivery
  • Experience with, or understanding of, Agile/Lean Software Development practices such as Kanban or Scrum
  • Experience operating in a cloud/on-premise hybrid IT landscape
  • Working experience with deploying apps using docker/containers/K8s
  • Proven experience attracting, hiring, retaining, and leading top engineering talent and high-performance product engineering teams
  • Experience working in an offshore and onshore model Education:
    • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems, another quantitative field or relevant work experience. Preferred Qualifications:
      • Experience with front-end development frameworks (Angular preferred)
      • Experience building SaaS-based, multitenant solutions
      • Experience with CI/CD and deployment tools like Teamcity, Maven, Jenkins, etc.
      • Knowledge of both SQL and NoSQL databases
      • Experience building solutions leveraging CQRS design pattern
      • Experience with event-driven architectures Disclaimer: This job description has been written to provide an accurate reflection of the current job and to include the general nature of work performed. It is not designed to contain a comprehensive detailed inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of the employees assigned to the job. Management reserves the right to revise the job or require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change. Ultimate Software will reasonably accommodate employees with disabilities as defined by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other appropriate statutes. If you are an applicant and need a reasonable accommodation when applying for job opportunities within the Company or request a reasonable accommodation to utilize the Company's online employment application, please contact It has come to our attention that some people have been contacted online by persons impersonating job recruiters for Ultimate Software. These fraudulent "recruiters" have used Gmail accounts to contact, and have requested personal information, such as depositing a check to purchase work-related supplies. These are not legitimate recruiters or job offers, and do not represent Ultimate Software. To safely apply for and view open positions at Ultimate Software, please click "Apply" and follow the instructions. Note that our recruiter emails always come from an official ultimatesoftware.com email address. If you suspect you have been the victim of this or a related fraud, immediately contact your financial institution, and then file a complaint with the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center at . If you shared other personal or sensitive information, you may need to take additional actions relative to what was shared. Your local law enforcement department may also be able to assist. For any general security related questions regarding Ultimate, feel free to email - provided by Dice

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