UKG
Software Engineer III- Eng
Lowell,MA,United States · Mid
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~45% per draw at Level III). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
The bottom of this range ($102,300) is below the Level I prevailing wage of $114,275. An H-1B cannot be filed below the prevailing wage, so an offer at the floor of this band could not be sponsored as posted.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $138,237 would place this position at wage Level II. 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) · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. 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
- UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work.
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the design, development, and deployment of complex software applications and systems, ensuring they meet high standards of quality and performance.
- Manage execution and delivery of features and projects, negotiating project priorities and deadlines, ensuring successful and timely completion, with quality.
- Architectural Design:
- Participate in design reviews with peers and stakeholders and in the architectural design of new features and systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
- Diligent about reviewing code developed by other developers, provide feedback and maintain a high bar of technical excellence to ensure code is adhering to industry standard best practices like coding guidelines, elegant, efficient and maintainable code, with observability built from ground up, unit tests etc.
- Build testable software, define tests, participate in the testing process, automate tests using, tools (e.g., Junit, Selenium) and Design Patterns leveraging the test automation pyramid as the guide.
- Conduct thorough root cause analysis and drive the implementation of measures to prevent future recurrences.
- Taking ownership from working with product management on requirements to design, develop, test, deploy and maintain the software in production.
- Properly document new features, enhancements or fixes to the product, contributing to training materials.
- Conduct thorough root cause analysis and drive the implementation of measures to prevent future recurrences. • Dev Ops Model: Understanding of working in a DevOps Model.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4+ years of professional software development experience.
- Deep expertise in Java, React and SQL
- Extensive experience with software development practices and design patterns.
- Proficiency with version control systems like GitHub and bug/work tracking systems like JIRA.
Nice to have
- Experience with cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.
- Experience with test automation frameworks and tools.
- Knowledge of agile development methodologies.
- Dedicated to diversity and inclusion initiatives.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
- Company Overview: UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work.
- Learn more at ukg.com.
Skills
- 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.
Compensation
- The pay range for this position is $102,300 to $147,050.
- 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
- Utilize service health indicators and telemetry for action providing recommendations to optimize performance.
- Service Health and Quality:
- Maintain the health and quality of services and incidents, proactively identifying and resolving issues.
- Disability Accommodation in the Application and Interview Process For individuals with disabilities that need additional assistance at any point in the application and interview process, please email UKGCareers@ukg.com.
Company info
- UI/UX design principles, responsive design, JavaScript frameworks, API Development, Database Management, Security Practices, Message Queuing).
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 E-Verify posters here.
- It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.
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