Principal Full Stack Engineer

Great Place to Work; United States; Remote; USD 173,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Place to Work is seeking a Principal Full Stack Engineer to join their innovative engineering team. This role involves managing the software development pipeline, gathering requirements, and ensuring quality application performance in a collaborative environment. Candidates should have significant experience in both front-end and back-end development, coupled with a problem-solving mindset. The position offers a competitive salary range and a variety of benefits designed to support professional growth and a balanced personal life.

Benefits

Wellness programs

Tuition reimbursement

Customizable expense reimbursement program

Employee resource groups

Inclusive culture

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience with both front-end and back-end web application components.
• Experience with relational and unstructured data.

Responsibilities

• Support software development and testing for key applications.
• Work with teams to ensure architecture meets evolving business needs.
• Assist in troubleshooting and resolving production issues.

Skills

Technical skills

Problem-solving skills

Collaboration

Communication

Agility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computing, information technology, or related field

Job description

About Us
Great Place To Work is the global authority on workplace culture. Our mission is to help every place become a Great Place To Work for all. We give leaders and organizations the recognition and tools to create a consistently and overwhelmingly positive employee experience, fostering cultures that are proven to drive business, improve lives, and better society.

Our recognition is the most coveted and respected in the world for elevating employer brands to attract the right people. Our proprietary methodology and platform enable organizations to truly capture, analyze, and understand the experience of all employees. Our groundbreaking research empowers organizations to build cultures that retain talent and unlock the potential of every employee. Our coaches, content, and community connect the boldest leaders, ideas, and innovations in employee experience. Since 1992, our Certification, Best Workplaces Lists, and global benchmarks have become the industry standard, built on data from more than 100 million employees in 150 countries around the world.

In 2021, Great Place To Work was acquired by UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group.) As a leading global provider of HCM, payroll, HR service delivery, and workforce management solutions, UKG believes organizations succeed when they focus on their people. While Great Place To Work will continue operating independently within the UKG family, our research and insights will help UKG differentiate its best-in-class HR, talent, and workforce management technology, and together we'll support every workplace to become great. UKG has 15,000 employees around the globe and is known for its inclusive and supportive workplace culture and best-in-class rewards and benefits.

Both UKG and Great Place To Work are leading the change on what it means to be a Great Place To Work for all, and we are proud to be Certified great workplaces!

About the Position
The Principal Full Stack Engineer reports to the Sr. Director, Software Engineering, in a 24x7 engineering group for a global business. The qualified candidate will be able to demonstrate expert-level previous work experience with data, reporting/results visualization, and business process. Experience with all phases of the software development pipeline is important. The candidate should be comfortable gathering and refining requirements, analyzing requirements to take the lead on proposing solutions, and developing, testing, deploying those solutions, teaching and mentoring others. We prefer candidates with some frontend and backend development experience.

The candidate organizes data in the best way possible for the task at hand, will sweat a little and spring into action to fix a bug is impacting our customer experience, will want to fix it before building a new feature, likes working on a small, hardworking team, and is naturally curious. This expert is skilled at navigating an evolving environment, works with agility, proactive, a fast learner, solutions oriented, communicative, collaborative, and an active team player. They will role model our Great Place To Work Values and will develop and thrive around the “10 Ways to Build Your Success” at Great Place To Work.

Key Responsibilities:

Support the definition of requirements, software development, and testing for key line of business applications.

Work with business and IT teams to obtain final requirements approval; ensure that architecture and systems meet emerging needs and can be easily adapted to support new business requirements; create testing plans, training initiatives, and release schedules.

Assist in troubleshooting and resolving software application issues in production environments. Serve as a liaison and facilitator between all business units to assist in addressing and resolving IT software issues.

Assist in managing vendor relationships for 3rd party application development and programming consultants.

Assist network administrator with application installation and testing.

Technical Skill Requirements:

Significant experience with both relational and unstructured data.

Experience developing both front-end and back-end web application components.

Experience with both operational data and (point in time) warehouse data and the development of data architectures, flows, ETL, etc...

Experience designing, implementing, and managing interconnected distributed systems.

Experience working with various pieces of DevOps (build, test, deploy) a plus.

Technical Software Requirements:

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in computing, information technology, or a related field; or significant volume of experience as a software engineer.

5-10 years of experience.

Excellent technical and problem-solving skills.

Development experience on a team using agile development processes.

Availability to work outside of standard business hours as needed.

Preferred Qualifications:

Comfortable working as part of a small team.

Strong written and oral communication skills.

Outstanding attention to detail.

Ability to self-organize and juggle competing priorities.

*Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain an all-inclusive list of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required for this job. The preceding functions may not be comprehensive in scope regarding work performed by an employee assigned to this position classification. Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of this position. Management also reserves the right to make reasonable accommodations so that a qualified employee(s) can perform the essential functions of the position.

The pay range for this position in Colorado, New York, Washington, and California is $173,000 - $238,000, however, base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and location. This position is also eligible for a short-term incentive and a long-term incentive as part of total compensation.

Benefits
Here, we know that you’re more than your work. That’s why our benefits help you thrive personally and professionally, from wellness programs and tuition reimbursement to U Choose — a customizable expense reimbursement program that can be used for more than 200+ needs that best suit you and your family, from student loan repayment, to childcare, to pet insurance. Our inclusive culture, active and engaged employee resource groups, and caring leaders value every voice and support you in doing the best work of your career. Information about Great Place To Work/UKG’s comprehensive benefits can be reviewed on the careers site at https://www.ukg.com/careers .

Equal Opportunity Employer
Great Place To Work is an equal opportunity employer. We aim to create and foster a Great Place To Work For All.We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, disability, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Disability Accommodation in the Application and Interview Process
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