Staff Forward-Deployed Engineer: AI-Driven Solutions

UKG; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 129,500 - 214,015; Full time

Job summary

UKG is seeking a Staff Forward Deployed Engineer to lead technical discovery and deliver production-grade AI-enabled workflows for strategic customers in Seattle. You will own the technical direction for engagements, design integrations, and mentor other engineers while shaping reusable patterns for the practice.

This role emphasizes collaboration with product, security, and customer teams to ensure secure, scalable solutions that move fast and deliver measurable business impact.

Qualifications

• Seven or more years of software engineering experience.
• Strong fundamentals across APIs, cloud services, data flows, testing, deployment, monitoring.
• Experience designing and deploying production systems or customer-facing solutions in ambiguous environments.
• Ability to lead technical direction for a workstream or major solution area.
• Excellent communication with engineers, executives, and customers.
• Comfort learning new domains quickly and turning incomplete information into practical plans.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Hands-on familiarity with AI-enabled tools and AI patterns.

Responsibilities

• Own technical discovery and invention.
• Build production-grade APIs and integrations.
• Lead the engineering pod and guide other FDEs.
• Shape product and practice with reusable components.
• Identify practical AI patterns and ensure security, privacy, and compliance.

Skills

Software engineering

Cloud platforms

AI-enabled products

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Adaptability

Security & compliance

AI tooling familiarity

Tools

REST APIs

Event-driven systems

ETL/ELT

Data pipelines

Workflow orchestration

Identity integrations

SSO

Job description

UKG is seeking a Staff Forward Deployed Engineer to lead technical discovery and deliver production-grade AI-enabled workflows for strategic customers in Seattle. You will own the technical direction for engagements, design integrations, and mentor other engineers while shaping reusable patterns for the practice.

This role emphasizes collaboration with product, security, and customer teams to ensure secure, scalable solutions that move fast and deliver measurable business impact.