Dir. Software Engineering

Lead multiple Agile engineering teams within the UKG Ready organization. Provide technical and organizational leadership for either platform-oriented or experience-oriented teams. Build, coach, and develop engineering managers, technical leads, and engineers. Drive delivery of scalable, reliable, secure, and maintainable software capabilities. Champion continuous improvement across engineering practices, Agile execution, quality, reliability, and operational maturity. Remove impediments and help teams execute effectively against product and technical roadmaps. Promote strong engineering practices including automated testing, CI/CD, observability, secure development, and production readiness. Establish and monitor meaningful engineering metrics related to delivery, quality, reliability, and team effectiveness. Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, inclusion, innovation, and technical excellence. 15+ years of experience building and delivering software with at least 5+ years as a senior technology leader Deep expertise in Java, Web applications, Cloud technologies and AI native applications Proven experience leading software engineering teams, including multiple Agile teams or engineering managers. Strong technical background in enterprise SaaS, distributed systems, platform engineering, user experience frameworks, or large-scale web applications. Experience setting technical direction and partnering with senior engineers and architects on complex engineering decisions. Strong understanding of Agile development practices, including Scrum, Kanban, retrospectives, planning, and continuous improvement. Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality software while balancing product priorities, technical debt, operational needs, and long-term strategy. Experience improving engineering effectiveness through process, tooling, automation, metrics, and team development. Strong people leadership skills, including hiring, coaching, career development, performance management, and team building. Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence across functions and levels. Experience with platform capabilities such as identity and access, job processing frameworks, AI enablement, DevOps, developer experience, APIs, reliability, or shared services. Experience with experience-focused capabilities such as UI frameworks, self-service frameworks, reporting, workflow experiences, design systems, or shared front-end platforms. Experience with cloud-native architectures, microservices, observability, CI/CD, automated testing, and modern software delivery practices. Experience in HCM, workforce management, payroll, HR technology, or enterprise business applications. The successful candidate will be a technically credible and people-focused leader who can operate at both strategic and execution levels. They should be comfortable guiding technical direction, developing leaders, partnering across value streams, and helping teams make pragmatic tradeoffs. This role is ideal for an engineering leader who enjoys building strong teams, improving engineering systems, and delivering software foundations and experiences that help UKG Ready scale.