Staff Software Engineer- Eng

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

Our India Device Team builds and supports Android-based device solutions for UKG. We work across device software, platform integration, and system reliability to deliver secure, dependable solutions. As our device ecosystem grows, we are strengthening our platform and integration expertise to support more complex device needs.

About The Role

As a Staff Engineer, you will bring deep expertise in Android platform architecture, Linux systems, AOSP, and hardware integration to help build and support reliable device solutions. You will strengthen our depth in embedded Android environments, guide platform-level decisions, and solve complex system challenges across the device stack.

In This Role, You Will

• Lead Android-based device platform architecture and hardware/software integration across peripherals, low-level components, and platform services
• Resolve issues involving boot flows, kernel interactions, HAL, system services, performance, stability, and device behavior through root cause analysis, debugging, and issue triage
• Partner with hardware, firmware, product, and global engineering teams to improve maintainability, observability, security, and platform quality
• Mentor engineers in Android internals, Linux systems, AOSP customization, and device integration while strengthening cross-site collaboration, support coverage, and overall execution
  
  

About You

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronics, or a related field; Master’s or advanced degree preferred
• 6+ years of professional software development experience
• Familiarity with AI tools/frameworks and the use of AI in the software development lifecycle
• Extensive experience with software and systems design, development practices, and design patterns
• Strong experience in Android platform development, embedded Linux, or AOSP-based systems, including architecture, low-level debugging, BSPs, vendor integrations, and device bring-up
• Experience integrating peripherals, sensors, drivers, or board-level systems, with strong C/C++, system-level programming, and use of logs, traces, dumps, and diagnostic tools
• Experience with performance tuning, memory analysis, stability debugging, security hardening, vulnerability remediation, and production issue resolution
• Experience with CI/CD, release processes, and system validation for device/platform software
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise devices, custom hardware platforms, or Android device manufacturing environments
• Familiarity with kernel debugging, driver development, SELinux, power management, and system validation
• Exposure to Flutter, Dart, or application-layer Android development
• Experience working with globally distributed teams
  
  

Company Overview

UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work. With the worlds 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. Its 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.

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

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