Senior Software Engineer, Data Engineering at Ultimate Software in Alpharetta, GA

Primary/Essential Duties and Key Responsibilities:

• Research, design, test, and evaluate technologies for building reactive, event-driven systems
• Implement POCs and pair with technical leads on implementations
• Improve the developer experience for product development teams
• Develop tools and services to support Quality and Site Reliability to empower development teams
• Mentor other developers on the team, fostering an environment of continued learning and improvement
• Empower the team to deliver quality software in a timely manner and continuously improve the development process
• Write high-quality code, that is supported by an appropriate level of testing and metrics
• Have a high bar for yourself and others when working with production systems
• Intellectually curious to adapt to changing technologies, platforms, and environments
• Enjoy working in a collaborative environment with a diverse group of people partnering effectively with the team members, partners, and customers.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience building event-driven, reactive microservices with Akka or Kafka Streams
• Proficient with CQRS and Event Sourcing
• Knowledge of microservices architecture
• Recent experience with Scala, Kotlin, or Java
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills coupled with strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated, continuous improvement mindset and willing to “do what it takes” to get the job done
• 5-7 or more years’ engaging and working with cross-functional enterprise level software development projects using Agile development methodologies
• Experience working with Kubernetes, Docker, and public cloud deployment platforms
• Strong experience working with continuous integration and continuous delivery
• Experience with, or understanding of, Agile/Lean Software Development practices such as Kanban or Scrum
• Ability to manage and balance multiple deliverables concurrently in an environment with shifting priorities
• 5+ years of previous software engineering experience
• University degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience

Physical Requirements:

• No unique physical requirements

Travel Requirements:

• 0-5%

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.