UKG
Principal Site Reliability Engineer
Seattle,WA,United States · Principal
Sponsorship not specified$184k-$265kDetected 12 days ago
PythonJavaC++C#Distributed SystemsGitAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsKubernetesTerraformAnsibleCI/CDGitHub ActionsLinuxSite Reliability EngineeringSystems EngineeringTest AutomationLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring
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odds of building a lasting career here
56Sponsors, lottery-bound
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role72
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
Level I$111,6131 entry
Level II$143,1042 entries
Level III$174,5953 entries
Level IV$206,0864 entries
$21,786 more — $206,086 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $206,086 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- Principal Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) at UKG are strategic technical leaders who play a critical role in shaping the reliability, scalability, and performance of our organization's services, at scale.
- They bring deep expertise across service delivery, infrastructure, and cloud architecture, and apply software engineering principles to solve complex operational challenges.
- Principal SREs are passionate about driving business outcomes through technical excellence.
Responsibilities
- In this role, you will define the operational reliability strategy, architect large-scale solutions, and establish the standards and practices that enable teams across UKG to build and operate highly reliable services.
- They shape operational culture around reliability, mentor and develop SRE talent across teams, and relentlessly pursue the highest standards of customer experience through strategic automation and process innovation.
- Establish and drive adoption of organization-wide standards and best practices related to system architecture, service delivery, reliability, automation, and operational excellence.
- Drive system performance, availability, and efficiency improvements across the organization through architectural guidance, automation strategy, process refinement, and deep analysis of operational patterns in incident reviews.
- Partner closely with engineering and product leadership across the organization to establish reliability standards, shape technical direction, and deliver reliable services at scale.
- Lead, mentor, and develop Site Reliability Engineering talent across multiple teams, establishing best practices and growing SRE capability within the organization.
- Partner with executive stakeholders, product leadership, and business teams to align reliability investments with business priorities and drive technical strategy that supports business outcomes.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience working with public cloud platforms (e.g., GCP, AWS, or Azure), including designing and operating large-scale systems.
- 5+ years of experience designing, operating, and maintaining applications and/or systems infrastructure in large-scale, customer-facing production environments.
- Strong working knowledge of Linux systems, including troubleshooting, performance analysis, and scripting in production environments.
- Experience with GitHub Actions and modern CI/CD practices.
Nice to have
- Deep expertise in distributed system design and architecture Hands-on experience with cloud-native applications and containerization technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, containers).
- Experience designing and managing infrastructure-as-code and configuration management strategies across organizations (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
- Experience operating and optimizing production workloads at scale, including cost optimization and performance tuning.
- Experience partnering with business and product teams on technology decisions and translating technical recommendations into business value.
- Learn more at ukg.com.
- 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.
Skills
- Qualifications 12+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, systems engineering, and/or cloud-based environments.
- Experience coding in one or more higher-level programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, C# or C++).
Compensation
- $184k-$265k
Benefits
- Principal SREs drive technical vision and strategy across multiple teams and business units.
Company info
- 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.
Equal opportunity
- Employer UKG is an equal opportunity employer.
- We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, disability, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.
- View The EEO Know Your Rights poster UKG participates in E-Verify.
- View the E-Verify posters here.
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