Staff Software Engineer- Eng

UKG; Dadri; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in India to lead architectural design and drive key modules of our Workforce Operating Platform. You will be a technical leader and hands-on contributor shaping scalable, secure cloud-based solutions while mentoring teams across the engineering organization.

The role emphasizes CI/CD, observability, and AI-assisted productivity, with collaboration across product managers and operations to deliver resilient software at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s in engineering or Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of software development experience in a fast-paced environment and lifecycle.
• Proven experience as a lead software developer driving architecture and implementation of complex software solutions.
• Extensive Java-based development experience for SaaS and multi-tenant systems.
• Experience with observability tools (Datadog, Grafana) for production monitoring.
• Experience with modern cloud tech (GCP, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes) and cost-optimized cloud design.
• Strong emphasis on reliable, scalable, secure, decoupled solutions and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and support to UKG Scheduling engineering teams.
• Develop, design, and communicate a clear architectural vision aligned with product goals.
• Clarify requirements to ensure design fit-for-purpose and aligned with architecture strategy.
• Develop technical roadmaps and ensure services meet architectural guidelines.
• Deep-dive into code to ensure design integrity and cost-effective simplicity.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and align with stakeholders.
• Define and enforce CI/CD standards, development methodologies, and QA processes.
• Identify and mitigate risks related to architectural decisions.
• Ensure observability tools enable proactive production performance alerts.
• Leverage AI tools to identify productivity improvements for engineering teams.
• Document and maintain product/service architecture and strategic architecture vision.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and trends to ensure scalability, security, and performance.

Skills

Java-based development

Leadership

Architectural design

Communication

Problem solving

SOA/Design patterns

Multiplatform development

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in engineering/Computer Science

Tools

Datadog

Grafana

GCP

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Apache Beam

Spark

BigQuery

Snowflake

Tableau

Looker

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

Cassandra

Job description

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.

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.
We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer for the UKG Engineering team. In this role you will be responsible for leading and driving the architectural design and implementation of key modules within the product. This role requires a strong technical background and a passion for driving innovation and efficiency. Staff Software Engineers participate in how we define, implement, and enforce an overall architecture practice, including principles and standards. They are focused on improving efficiency and effectiveness of the business through architectural designs that align and fit within the technical ecosystem. They are the primary drivers of design, while also being technically hands-on to support the teams and ensure that ongoing feature deliveries are well-designed, resilient and optimized for performance. This role will work as a thought leader in our WFM pillar to help define and govern the processes spanning over the whole software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate is an experienced software developer or current architect with experience in cloud infrastructure, enterprise architecture, and software development principles.

• Provide technical leadership and support to UKG Scheduling engineering teams
• Develop, design, and communicate a clear architectural vision and design for the teams that is aligned with the organization's goals and objectives, while keeping a product suite mindset at the forefront.
• Understand product requirements, drive for clarity of requirements to ensure the design is fit for purpose, and ensure design supports architecture strategy.
• Develops technical roadmaps and ensures that services for the suite meet established architectural guidelines and standards.
• Deep dive into the code to confirm design integrity and maintain a cost-effective straightforward design throughout the teams.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, operations, and product managers, to gather requirements and ensure architectural design meets the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with peers and technical leaders to define/articulate constraints and guidelines.
• Define and enforce CI/CD standards, development methodologies, and quality assurance processes.
• Identify and mitigate risks associated with architectural decisions.
• Ensure effective adoption of observability tools for proactive alerting of production performance issues, adopt service-owner mindset to ensure quick recovery from problems, and constantly seek opportunities to improve resilience of services from failures.
• Leverage artificial intelligence tools to identify productivity improvements for engineering teams, as also value-add features for our users.
• Document and maintain the product & service architecture
• Drive strategic architecture vision and innovation.
• Identify and evaluate emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices to ensure the Value Streams scalability, security, and performance.
• Provide architecture leadership, focusing on creating and maintaining cross-product and multi-year architecture visions.
• Identify architecture risks, develop mitigation strategies, and maintain architectural opportunities for all stakeholders.
• Understand how architecture is done across the industry; research new technology trends; identify innovations that can drive a competitive advantage for UKG products.

Requirements

• Bachelors/Master’s in engineering / Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 10 years of software development experience in a fast-paced environment, working through all phases of the software development life cycle.
• Proven experience as a lead software developer or similar role, driving the architecture and implementation of complex software solutions.
• Possess extensive design portfolios showing high proficiency in Java based development technologies for SaaS and Multi-Tenant systems.
• Experience leveraging observability tools such as Datadog and Grafana for production monitoring.
• Experience with modern cloud technology (GCP, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, etc.) and the ability to design a solution that operates optimally in a cloud environment, including cost optimizations, leveraging managed services, observability, etc.
• Strong exposure for highly reliable, scalable, secure, and decoupled solution
• Strong exposure of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery process (CI/CD)
• Experience in detailed analysis, feasibility studies, performance analysis and prototyping
• Experience in developing Software application for Multiplatform development.
• Experience in object-oriented programming and design, Service oriented architecture and design patterns
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Excellent problems solving skills, with the ability to handle the most complex issues.
• Experience with relational and non-relational database technologies (SQL Server, Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, etc.)
• Experience with modern quality practices to effectively automate testing and eliminate manual test processes will be preferred.
• Experience with artificial Intelligence and machine learning techniques.
• Experience with modern analytics technology (BigQuery, Snowflake, Tableau, Looker, etc.).
• Experience with messaging and event streaming solutions (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Apache Beam, Spark, etc.).

Company Overview

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.

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