Software Engineer III- Quality Tooling

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

The Quality Platform team builds internal platforms, integrations, and developer tools that help engineering teams deliver high-quality software at scale. We enable teams through quality reporting, code quality insights, automated testing, and engineering productivity solutions.

We partner across engineering to improve software quality, developer experience, and release confidence.

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design, build, and enhance software solutions that support engineering quality and productivity across UKG. You will lead well-defined technical initiatives, partner with stakeholders to understand business needs, and help deliver scalable solutions that create measurable impact.

You will:

* Lead implementation for software engineering initiatives, contributing to requirements gathering, technical design, development, and delivery.
* Design and develop applications, integrations, and reporting solutions that improve software quality, testing visibility, and engineering productivity.
* Partner with engineering teams and leadership to translate business objectives into practical technical solutions.
* Build and maintain REST-based services, user interfaces, and data solutions that support internal engineering workflows.
* Share technical guidance with teammates and partner teams while promoting software quality and testing best practices.

Technology We Use

Our team works with technologies and tools such as:

* **Languages:** JavaScript, TypeScript, Python
* **Frameworks:** NestJS, React
* **Databases:** PostgreSQL, MongoDB
* **Cloud and deployment:** Google Cloud Platform, GitHub Actions
* **Quality tools:** SonarQube, code coverage and quality reporting tools
* **Test automation:** Selenium, Playwright
* **Performance testing:** k6, Lighthouse, Gatling, JMeter, LoadRunner Enterprise

Experience with every technology listed is not required.

About You

Basic Qualifications

* Ability to lead implementation for software engineering initiatives, including contributing to discovery, technical design, development, testing, and delivery.
* Hands-on background designing and building software applications, REST API integrations, and data-backed services.
* Proficiency with modern programming languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, C#, or similar technologies.
* Ability to partner with technical and business stakeholders to translate requirements and business impact into scalable software solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

* Background building internal developer platforms, engineering productivity tools, dashboards, reporting applications, or integrations between internal systems.
* Knowledge of quality engineering practices, including automated testing, code quality analysis, test reporting, and test coverage strategies.
* Exposure to performance testing tools and strategies using k6, Gatling, JMeter, Lighthouse, LoadRunner Enterprise, or similar technologies.
* Familiarity with React, NestJS, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Google Cloud Platform, continuous integration pipelines, or similar technologies.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer   

UKG is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, disability, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.

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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. 

The pay range for this position is $102,300 to $147,050. The actual base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and work location. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible to participate in a performance-based bonus plan and to receive restricted stock unit awards as part of total compensation. Learn more about UKG’s benefits and rewards at https://www.ukg.com/about-us/careers/benefits