Senior Software Engineer - Python

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code for various software applications and systems.
• Participate in the entire AI development lifecycle, including data collection, preprocessing, model training, evaluation, and deployment.
• Assist in researching and experimenting with state-of-the-art generative AI techniques to improve model performance and capabilities.
• 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 priorities and deadlines to ensure successful and timely completion.
• Participate in design reviews and architectural design of new features and systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Review code developed by other developers, provide feedback, and maintain high technical standards, including adherence to best practices and testing.
• Build and automate tests, define testing strategies, and participate in testing processes using tools like Junit and Selenium.
• Maintain the health and quality of services, proactively identify and resolve issues, and utilize telemetry for performance optimization.
• Work within a DevOps model, taking ownership from requirements to deployment and maintenance in production.
• Properly document new features, enhancements, or fixes, and contribute to training materials.

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 Python, FastAPI, PyTest, Celery, and other Python frameworks.
• Extensive experience with software development practices and design patterns.
• Proficiency with version control systems like GitHub and bug tracking systems like JIRA.
• Understanding of cloud technologies and DevOps principles.

Nice to Have

• Experience with object-oriented programming, concurrency, design patterns, and REST APIs.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling such as Terraform and GitHub Actions.
• High level familiarity with AI/ML, GenAI, and MLOps concepts.
• Familiarity with frameworks like LangChain and LangGraph.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, MSSQL, or Postgres.
• Experience with testing tools such as PyTest, PyMock, xUnit, and mocking frameworks.
• Experience with GCP technologies like VertexAI, BigQuery, GKE, GCS, DataFlow, and Kubeflow.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Java and Scala.

Qualifications

• Educational background in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary range of $99,800 to $143,450, with potential short-term and long-term incentives.
• Comprehensive benefits package available on UKG's careers site.
• Hybrid work model requiring 3 days in the Atlanta office located at 400 Galleria Pkwy SE, Atlanta, GA 30339.