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.
**About the Team**
You’ll be part of a collaborative engineering team focused on building reliable, scalable software and data solutions that support UKG’s workforce operating platform. We partner closely with product, design, quality, cloud, data, and customer-facing teams to deliver software that helps organizations manage and support their people. Our team values clear communication, thoughtful software development, shared ownership, and continuous improvement.
**About the Role**
As a Software Engineer III, you’ll design, build, test, and support software solutions that solve meaningful customer problems. You’ll work across the software development lifecycle, contribute to agile planning, and help improve the quality, performance, and maintainability of our applications and data pipelines.
You will:
* Design and develop software features using Java, Python, and modern engineering practices to deliver secure, scalable, and maintainable solutions.
* Build and support cloud-based solutions on Google Cloud, including services that process, store, and analyze data.
* Work with PostgreSQL, BigQuery, and related data platforms to support application features, reporting, and analytical use cases.
* Design, develop, and maintain extract, transform, and load processes and data pipelines that move data accurately and reliably.
* Collaborate with product managers, designers, quality engineers, cloud engineers, data teams, and other software engineers to clarify requirements and deliver customer-focused outcomes.
* Write, review, and maintain code with attention to quality, test coverage, performance, and long-term supportability.
* Use generative artificial intelligence assisted development tools, such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, or similar tools, to improve productivity while following team standards for quality, security, and review.
* Troubleshoot production and non-production issues, identify root causes, and contribute fixes that improve system reliability.
* Participate in agile planning, estimation, design discussions, code reviews, and team retrospectives.
* Mentor other engineers by sharing technical knowledge, reviewing designs, and supporting team learning.
**About You**
**Basic Qualifications**
* Experience designing and developing software applications using Java, Python, object-oriented programming, or modern web application development practices.
* Experience building or supporting cloud-based, distributed, or enterprise software solutions, including experience with Google Cloud.
* Experience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL and analytical databases or data warehouse platforms such as BigQuery.
* Experience designing, developing, or supporting extract, transform, and load processes, data pipelines, or data integration solutions.
* Experience working with software development tools, source control, automated testing, and continuous integration or continuous delivery practices.
* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
**Preferred Qualifications**
* Experience with generative artificial intelligence assisted development tools such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, or similar tools.
* Experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular, Spring, RESTful services, or similar technologies.
* Experience with microservices, application performance, security, observability, or automated deployment.
* Experience working in an agile software development environment.
* Ability to break down complex problems, communicate clearly with team members, and deliver high-quality software in partnership with others.
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.
UKG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace, including the recruitment process.
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
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.
