Senior Staff AI Platform Architect

UKG

Florida

On-site

USD 146,000 - 209,000

Full time

14 hours ago

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Job summary

UKG is seeking a Sr. Staff Software Engineer to set the technical direction for agentic AI and scale it across the organization.

You will define how UKG builds agents on Google ADK and other platforms, own the reference architecture, and translate ambiguous business problems into technical charters that cross‑team efforts execute. You will lead multi‑team initiatives, participate in design reviews, and ensure performance, security, and cost governance while mentoring engineers to deliver

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
10+ years of professional software development experience, with 3+ years building agentic AI systems or at-scale production.”
Proven track record of setting technical direction across multiple teams, not just leading one.
Experience taking an agentic system from prototype to production at enterprise scale: multi-tenant, regulated data, SLA-backed.
Hands-on experience building production agents using platforms such as Google ADK, Anthropic Claude SDK, LangChain, LangGraph.

Responsibilities

Define the agentic strategy and architecture for UKG across value streams and ensure alignment with business goals.
Own reference architecture for agentic systems and establish patterns for multi-agent coordination and tool use.
Design, build, and deploy production-grade AI agents using Google ADK and other platforms; write clean, maintainable code for agent workflows.
Oversee deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management; drive cost and performance optimization.
Mentor Senior and Staff engineers and influence technical decisions across the organization.