UKG
Sr. Staff Software Engineer- Eng
Seattle,WA,United States · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$146k-$241kDetected 12 days ago
Distributed SystemsFull-Stack DevelopmentObject-Oriented ProgrammingCode ReviewGitGCPCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesCI/CDSite Reliability EngineeringKafkaRabbitMQMachine LearningIncident ResponseAccessibilityAgileBDDLeadershipProblem SolvingMentoring
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
- In this role, you will drive the architecture, design, modernization, and delivery of highly scalable SaaS services that improve reliability, extensibility, and developer productivity across the Pro HCM portfolio.
- You will work in an agile environment, partnering closely with engineers, product managers, architects, and leadership to deliver secure, performant, accessible, and reusable platform capabilities.
- You will be responsible not only for building systems, but for defining how shared foundation services should be built, operated, and adopted across product teams.
- You will champion an AI-first engineering mindset, leveraging modern AI capabilities to accelerate development, improve code quality, enhance system reliability, and transform how teams build and operate software.
- Define and drive technical strategy, standards, and best practices for shared services, platform libraries, APIs, and modernization patterns
- Design scalable services and integration patterns that support modern web, mobile, and cross-suite HCM experiences
- Lead complex system design discussions and influence long-term technical decisions across product and platform teams
- Lead the development of high-impact platform capabilities, shared services, and modernization efforts across the Pro HCM foundation layer
- Guide teams through all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), from design through production readiness and adoption
- Review code and system designs to ensure maintainability, scalability, security, and adoption readiness
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in enterprise software development, including significant experience building scalable services or platform capabilities
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
- Experience designing distributed systems, APIs, integration patterns, and reusable platform components
- Experience with messaging systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
- Strong understanding of design patterns, OOP, BDD, TDD, secure engineering, and production readiness practices
- Proficiency with Git and modern CI/CD practices
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and cross-team delivery models
- Track record of influencing technical direction across multiple teams or organizations.
Nice to have
- Experience leading cross-team platform, modernization, or shared services initiatives
- Strong background in performance, scalability, reliability, and operational excellence
- Experience modernizing legacy systems and enabling adoption of modern cloud-native patterns
- Exposure to observability, SRE practices, service ownership models, and incident response
- Experience with AI/ML tools in engineering workflows or product capabilities Company Overview: UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work.
- Learn more at ukg.com.
- Equal Opportunity Employer UKG is an equal opportunity employer.
- View The EEO Know Your Rights poster UKG participates in E-Verify.
Skills
- Mentor and develop engineers across multiple teams
- Promote adoption of modern technologies, reusable platform patterns, tools, and methodologies
- Leverage AI tools to accelerate development, improve code quality, and strengthen engineering documentation
- Apply AI to problem-solving, including defect resolution, performance optimization, and reliability improvements
- Identify opportunities to embed AI-driven capabilities into platform services, engineering workflows, and shared tooling
- Establish best practices for responsible, secure, and compliant AI usage
- Stay current with emerging
- The actual base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and work location.
Compensation
- The pay range for this position is $145,600 to $240,695.
Benefits
- 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.
- We never stop learning.
- Here, you'll get flexibility that's real, benefits you can count on, and a team that succeeds together.
- Own the architecture and design of enterprise-scale foundational HCM platform services used across HR, Recruiting, Pay, and Benefits applications
- Utilize AI to improve test coverage, defect detection, code review, documentation, and system observability
- Collaborate across HR, Recruiting, Pay, Benefits, and related platform teams to align architecture and deliver cohesive foundation capabilities
- 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.
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.
- An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
- The pay range for this position is $145,600 to $240,695.
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