UKG
Lead Software Development Engineer
United States · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$134k-$191kDetected 8 days ago
RESTgRPCMachine LearningLLMsRAGAgentic AISalesforceCRMLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem Solving
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About the role
- This pivotal role sits at the intersection of core cloud-native backend systems, advanced customer experience (CX) platforms, and Salesforce ecosystem integrations.
- You will play a defining role in designing systems that blend traditional enterprise workflows with Agentic AI, large language models (LLMs), and intelligent orchestration to power platforms at a massive global scale.
- This role requires a unique blend of deep, hands-on technical expertise, systems thinking, and strategic influence.
Responsibilities
- As a Lead Software Development Engineer at UKG, you will provide technical leadership in the design, development, and deployment of our next-generation, highly scalable, AI-native enterprise platforms.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience integrating, scaling, and productionizing AI/ML applications, LLM APIs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, or agentic frameworks into existing software ecosystems.
- Proven experience designing systems that interface deeply with major CRM platforms- Salesforce and orchestrating complex integrations.
- About You Basic Qualifications Years of Experience: 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of design ownership over complex, distributed, and highly available enterprise systems.
- AI Integration: Hands-on experience integrating, scaling, and productionizing AI/ML applications, LLM APIs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, or agentic frameworks into existing software ecosystems.
- Salesforce & Enterprise Ecosystems: Proven experience designing systems that interface deeply with major CRM platforms- Salesforce and orchestrating complex integrations.
- Leadership & Soft Skills Problem Solving: Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with a demonstrated ability to bring structure to highly ambiguous business requirements.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a proven ability to distill complex architectural decisions for executive, business, and non-technical stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Data Migration Experience: Prior experience designing large-scale system migrations and system-wide application refactoring initiatives.
- Community Engagement: Active contributor to open-source software, publisher of technical blogs, or speaker at industry engineering conferences.
- Company Overview: UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work.
- Learn more at ukg.com.
Skills
- 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.
Compensation
- The pay range for this position is $133,900 to $190,750.
- 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.
Benefits
- 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.
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.
- View the E-Verify posters here.
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