AI-Native Platform Lead Engineer (Backend & Salesforce)

UKG; Bismarck (ND); On-site; USD 134,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG is seeking a Lead Software Development Engineer to provide technical leadership across designing, building, and deploying AI-native enterprise platforms. You will guide backend systems, API layers, and integration with Salesforce while driving architecture choices that scale globally.

The role requires 7+ years of experience in distributed systems, strong API and data-mlow architecture, and hands-on AI/ML productionization.

Qualifications

• Years of Experience: 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with distributed systems.
• Systems Architecture: Backend design, RESTful/gRPC APIs, event-driven patterns.
• AI Integration: Experience deploying AI/ML in production, LLMs, or agentic frameworks.
• Salesforce & Enterprise Ecosystems: Deep integration with major CRM platforms like Salesforce.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and evolution of scalable backend services and API platforms.
• Drive integration of LLM-based services and Agentic AI into core architecture.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure security, performance, and reliability.

Skills

Backend design

APIs

Event-driven

AI integration

Salesforce integration

Tools

REST

gRPC

RAG pipelines

LLM APIs

Job description

UKG is seeking a Lead Software Development Engineer to provide technical leadership across designing, building, and deploying AI-native enterprise platforms. You will guide backend systems, API layers, and integration with Salesforce while driving architecture choices that scale globally.

The role requires 7+ years of experience in distributed systems, strong API and data-mlow architecture, and hands-on AI/ML productionization.