Why UKG:

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. Helping people get paid, grow in their careers, and shape the future of their industries. That’s what we do.

We never stop learning. We never stop challenging the norm. We push for better, and we celebrate the wins along the way. Here, you’ll get flexibility that’s real, benefits you can count on, and a team that succeeds together. Because at UKG, your work matters—and so do you.

Job Summary

UKG is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer with deep full-stack expertise to play a critical leadership role across the Talent Acquisition / Onboarding domain.
In this role, you will drive the architecture, design, and delivery of highly scalable, customer-focused SaaS solutions, while influencing multiple teams and shaping the technical direction of the platform.
You will work in an agile environment, partnering closely with engineers, product managers, architects, and leadership to deliver secure, performant, and accessible applications. You will be responsible not only for building systems, but for defining how they should be built.
You will champion an AI-first engineering mindset, leveraging modern AI capabilities to accelerate development, enhance product innovation, improve system reliability, and transform how teams build and operate software.

Duties and Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture:

• Own the end-to-end architecture and design of enterprise-scale, distributed systems
• Define and drive technical strategy, standards, and best practices across teams
• Design scalable APIs, services, and front-end architectures powering modern web and mobile experiences
• Lead complex system design discussions and influence long-term technical decisions
• Evaluate and incorporate AI-driven solutions and architectures where they provide measurable value

Development & Delivery:

• Lead the development of high-impact features and platform capabilities across the full stack
• Ensure solutions meet performance, scalability, reliability, and security requirements
• Guide teams through all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Contribute hands-on to critical areas of the codebase when needed

Quality & Engineering Excellence:

• Champion a culture of quality-first development
• Utilize AI to improve test coverage, defect detection, and system observability
• Review code and system designs to ensure maintainability and scalability
• Drive improvements in CI/CD, observability, and operational excellence

• Collaborate across teams to align architecture and deliver cohesive platform solutions
• Lead cross-team initiatives and process improvements
• Partner with product and architecture to refine requirements and technical direction

Operational Excellence:

• Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for complex production issues
• Improve system reliability, monitoring, and incident response practices
• Participate in and improve on-call and support processes

Mentorship & Growth:

• Mentor and develop engineers across multiple teams
• Raise the bar for engineering standards, design thinking, and code quality
• Promote adoption of modern technologies, tools, and methodologies

• Drive adoption of an AI-first approach across the software development lifecycle
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate development and improve code quality
• Apply AI to problem-solving including defect resolution and performance optimization
• Identify opportunities to embed AI-driven capabilities into products and systems
• Establish best practices for responsible and secure AI usage
• Stay current with emerging AI technologies

Basic Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise software development
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
• Strong experience with .NET, JavaScript/TypeScript, React/Angular, NoSQL databases
• Experience designing distributed systems
• Experience with messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Strong understanding of design patterns, OOP, BDD, TDD
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (GCP preferred)
• Proficiency with Git
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading cross-team initiatives
• Strong background in performance and scalability
• Experience modernizing legacy systems
• Exposure to observability and SRE practices
• Experience with AI/ML tools in engineering

Company Overview:

UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work. With the world's largest collection of workforce insights, and people-first AI, our ability to reveal unseen ways to build trust, amplify productivity, and empower talent, is unmatched. 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. Learn more at ukg.com.

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.

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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.

The pay range for this position is $145,600 to $209,300. The actual base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and work location. 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. Learn more about UKG’s benefits and rewards at https://www.ukg.com/about-us/careers/benefits