UKG
Staff Software Engineer- Payroll Platform
Lowell,MA,United States · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$130k-$186kDetected 22 days ago
TypeScriptJavaReactSQLNoSQLVector DatabasesAWSGCPAzureDevOpsMachine LearningLLMsRAGStakeholder ManagementLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring
About the role
- We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Payroll Engineering organization.
- This is a senior technical leadership role responsible for driving the architecture, scalability, reliability, and long-term technical strategy of our payroll platform.
- You will play a key role in modernizing our platform, advancing cloud-native architectures, and identifying opportunities to leverage AI-driven capabilities to improve both engineering productivity and customer outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and evolution of highly scalable, resilient, secure, and maintainable distributed systems.
- Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI and Generative AI solutions, and drive adoption where they create measurable business value.
- Partner with Engineering Managers, Product Leaders, Architects, and Principal Engineers to align technical strategy with organizational priorities.
- Lead technical discovery, proof-of-concepts, and platform initiatives that span multiple products and services.
- Drive engineering excellence through technical reviews, architecture assessments, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Lead resolution of complex production incidents and conduct root cause analysis to improve platform resilience.
- Partner with product and engineering teams to incorporate AI-powered capabilities into payroll products and internal engineering workflows.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems.
- Expert-level proficiency in Java and modern backend architecture patterns.
- Strong experience with React, TypeScript, and modern web application architectures.
- Extensive experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and large-scale data architectures.
- Strong expertise in cloud-native technologies and platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Proven experience leading architectural initiatives across multiple teams or product areas.
- Experience implementing observability, reliability engineering, and operational excellence practices.
- Familiarity with AI technologies, Generative AI, LLM platforms, AI-assisted development tools, and enterprise AI adoption strategies.
- Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction and mentor engineers at all levels.
Nice to have
- Experience designing and operating enterprise payroll, HCM, financial, or highly regulated systems.
- Experience leading cloud modernization or large-scale platform transformation initiatives.
- Knowledge of security, compliance, privacy, and governance requirements for enterprise SaaS platforms.
- Experience contributing to open-source projects, technical communities, or industry conferences.
- Track record of driving innovation and delivering measurable business impact through technology investments.
- Passion for fostering diverse, inclusive, and high-performing engineering teams.
- Company Overview: UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work.
- Learn more at ukg.com.
Compensation
- The pay range for this position is $129,500.00 to $186,100.00 The actual base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and work location.
Benefits
- We never stop learning.
- Here, you'll get flexibility that's real, benefits you can count on, and a team that succeeds together.
- Technical Strategy & Architecture Define and drive the long-term technical vision, architecture, and modernization strategy for Payroll platforms and services.
- AI and Innovation Identify and implement opportunities to leverage AI technologies, including Large Language Models (LLMs), machine learning, and intelligent automation.
- 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.
Company info
- 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.
- About the Role We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Payroll Engineering organization.
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.
- View The EEO Know Your Rights poster UKG participates in E-Verify.
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