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 join a collaborative engineering team that builds and improves full-stack software solutions for UKG products and customers. We work closely with product owners, engineers, and business partners to understand customer needs, design practical solutions, and deliver reliable software that supports real-world workforce challenges.
About the Role
As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll design, build, test, and support high-quality full-stack applications. You’ll work with your team to define, elaborate, and complete epics and stories, while helping shape technical solutions that are scalable, maintainable, and aligned to business needs.
You’ll also:
• Design and implement full-stack solutions using technologies such as JavaScript, Angular, Node.js, CSS, VB.NET, and PostgreSQL.
• Contribute to architecture decisions for projects related to business structure, job assignment, and related product capabilities.
• Write clean, testable, efficient code in a continuous integration environment.
• Analyze complex issues across the application stack, from database to browser, and deliver practical, effective solutions.
• Take ownership of the delivery and quality of the code your team produces.
• Mentor less-experienced engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and shared development practices.
• Collaborate with product owners and cross-functional partners to clarify requirements and move work forward.
• Recommend improvements to tools, technologies, methods, and engineering practices that help the team deliver better software.
About You
Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Significant hands-on experience, typically 8+ years, in building full-stack web applications using JavaScript, Angular, Node.js, CSS, VB.NET, PostgreSQL, or similar technologies.
• Experience working in an Agile software development environment and delivering high-quality software as part of a team.
• Experience designing, debugging, testing, and supporting software across multiple layers of an application stack.
• Ability to communicate clearly in written and spoken English and collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical partners.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience mentoring engineers or providing technical guidance to a development team.
• Experience contributing to software architecture or technical design decisions.
• Experience with test-driven development and continuous integration.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented analysis and design, design patterns, and common algorithms.
• Experience with database design, query optimization, and performance troubleshooting.
• Track record of delivering high-quality software on time.
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.
