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Sr. Staff Data Scientist- Eng

UKG · Atlanta, GA · posted 30 days ago

In short: Sr. Staff Data Scientist- Eng at UKG in Atlanta, GA, posted 30 days ago.

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The job

LIVE Live feed (private-sector employer) Source: The Muse public API · Data: listed 2026-10-10

Employer	UKG
Location	Atlanta, Georgia
Field	Technology › Data, analytics and AI
Level	Senior Level
Source category	Data and Analytics
Posted	2026-10-10 (30 days ago)
Work arrangement	On-site at the location listed
Pay	Not published in the source listing

Job description

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 Role:

At UKG, we are at the forefront of innovation leading the next wave of disruption in the Human Capital Management industry. With our unparalleled dataset - the most complete view into our customers' workforce - we are uniquely positioned to build AI-powered solutions that fundamentally change how businesses manage their people. Our Data Science team sits at the intersection of cutting-edge research and real-world impact, building models and intelligent systems at scale that serve millions of employees and managers every day.

We are looking for a Senior Staff Data Scientist (P5) who will set the multi-year, multi-team technical strategy and deliver it through direct implementation and broad technical leadership. Operating at portfolio scope, you will influence roadmaps across multiple teams, drive step-change improvements in our Data Science capabilities, and serve as a recognized authority whose decisions shape how data science is practiced across the organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical strategy & vision: Define and own the long-term Data Science technical strategy - the multi-year roadmap for platform capabilities, tooling investments, and methodology evolution. Anticipate challenges and opportunities over multi-year horizon and build stakeholder alignment for strategic initiatives. Align Data Science capabilities with broader business strategy.
Architecture & systems design: Design coherent, multi-team architecture that enable DATA SCIENCE work across the organization. Create architectural patterns adopted broadly, anticipating scale and evolution needs to minimize rework as the organization grows. Review and guide critical architecture decisions across the portfolio.
Results & end-to-end ownership: Identify portfolio wide improvement opportunities. Execute large-scale projects spanning multiple teams and value streams with year-long horizons. Drive step-change improvements in DS capabilities. Own decisions with area-wide impact and create scalable solutions that reduce toil across the organization.
Decision-making & judgment: Make org-level decisions balancing multiple competing interests. Avoid locally optimal decisions that create downstream costs. Create frameworks that enable others to make consistently good decisions. Evaluate major technology investments - build vs. buy, vendor selection, and platform commitments.
AI & ML craft leadership: Define org-wide standards for AI and ML development - selecting frameworks and architectural patterns teams should follow. Evaluate emerging AI/ML frameworks across the industry and drive adoption of high-value tools. Create evaluation frameworks and best practices for agentic systems. Champion experimentation with novel AI architectures.
Business acumen & stakeholder influence: Develop a deep understanding of UKG's business model and competitive strategy. Translate business needs into DS investments, identifying which ML capabilities would most accelerate business goals. Influence business decisions with DS insights at the executive level. Influence roadmaps across multiple teams for measurable business impact.
Mentorship & talent development: Mentor senior ICs; spread knowledge across teams. Be active in senior hiring and build the DS talent pipeline. Shape org-wide learning and development strategy. Model continuous learning by seeking feedback from diverse sources including senior leaders and peers at peer companies.
Innovation & agility: Remain resilient through significant organizational change and help the organization navigate uncertainty. Push boundaries with breakthrough approaches. Connect emerging technologies to business opportunities and create space for innovation across teams.

UKG is unable to offer sponsorship for this position.

About you,

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

PhD in a quantitative field plus 5+ years of industry experience, or Master's degree plus 10+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, or a closely related discipline.
Expert-level fluency in multiple DS specialty areas - generative AI, agentic AI systems, LLMs and foundation models, deep learning, time-series forecasting, regression, classification, or NLP.
Demonstrated ability to own and drive multi-year technical strategy spanning multiple teams and product areas, with measurable impact across value streams.
Proven ability to influence roadmaps, platform decisions, and cross-functional teams - including product, engineering, and senior leadership - without direct managerial authority.
Advanced programming skills in Python; fluency in ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow), data tools (Pandas, NumPy, SQL), and cloud platforms such as GCP / Agent Platform and BigQuery, or equivalent.
Experience ensuring data quality and governance at organizational scale; influencing data strategy across multiple teams.
Exceptional ability to communicate architectural tradeoffs, multi-year strategy, and quantitative results to both technical peers and executive stakeholders.
Experience with model fine-tuning (SLMs, RLHF, distillation), multi-modal architectures, or advanced retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Advanced knowledge of GCP technologies: Agent Platform, BigQuery, GKE, Dataflow, or equivalent infrastructure for large-scale ML workloads.
Hands-on experience designing and productionizing multi-agent systems using agentic frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, Model Context Protocol) and defining best practices for their org-wide adoption.
Experience across multiple HCM product domains (e.g., Workforce Management, Talent & Recruiting, Pay & Compensation, People ) with insight into how DS drives value differently across each.
Experience setting org-wide coding standards and creating foundational libraries and frameworks.
Familiarity with responsible AI principles: fairness, interpretability, privacy-preserving ML, and model risk management at scale.

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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UKG participates in E-Verify. View the E-Verify posters here.

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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 $145,600 to $209,300. 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

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About the role

This is a Senior Level role in the Technology field (Data, analytics and AI) at UKG. Senior roles usually expect substantial experience, ownership of results and often the ability to guide others.

The closest occupation in the official wage statistics is Data scientists (a match by name, so treat it as an estimate). Nationally its median pay is $120,230 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), employment is projected to change by +34.6% between 2025 and 2035, and the typical entry route is: Bachelor's degree.

In the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA area the median for this occupation is $108,940 a year with 6,820 jobs (BLS OEWS, May 2025). This is a statistic for the occupation, not an offer from this employer.

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Estimate for a wage earner: 2026 federal brackets and standard deduction (IRS), Social Security 6.2% up to $184,500, Medicare 1.45% (+0.9% above $200,000 single / $250,000 married), and a state rate you set; set your own state tax rate. It ignores credits, pre-tax deductions, local taxes and benefits. Sources: IRS: tax year 2026 inflation adjustments · SSA wage base per Federal Register notice 2025-19763.

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Be honest about gaps; say what you did to learn and how fast you can close them.
Ask about the team, the first 90 days, how success is measured and the schedule; do not open with salary and time off.
When pay comes up, know the market range for the occupation and your lowest acceptable offer before you answer; ask for the full package in writing.
Send a short thank-you message within a day, mentioning one thing you discussed.
Have code, data work or projects you can show, and be ready to think aloud: many technical interviews test how you reason, not only the answer.

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The city

The job is in Atlanta, GA. Below is what the official statistics say about living and working there.

How Atlanta compares. Among the 100 largest places in Georgia, Atlanta is #1 by population, #10 for remote work (#1 = most), #15 for college degrees (#1 = most), #73 for homeownership (#1 = highest). Its county, Fulton County, is #1 of 159 counties for average pay ($100,817).

The place in numbers

Atlanta has 505,268 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 4.6% of the population of Georgia. It covers 135 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 3,734 people per square mile. The median age is 34.2, 9% younger than the state median (34.2 against 37.6).

Housing

The median gross rent is $1,711 a month (rent plus utilities), 23% above the state median ($1,711 against $1,393). Over a year that is 24.0% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $439,600, which is 5.1 times the median household income ($85,652); a ratio above 5 usually means buying is out of reach without savings or a second income. 46.4% of households own their home, 29% below the state average (46.4% against 65.7%). A low ownership share points to a rental-heavy market with more apartments and shorter stays.

Work and pay

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metropolitan area has 2,889,670 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $51,170 a year, about the same as the national median ($51,170 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are office and administrative support (328,500 jobs, median $47,040); transportation and material moving (313,910 jobs, median $44,120); sales and related (277,630 jobs, median $37,550). The area is most specialised in business and financial operations (1.3 times) and legal (1.3 times), where the share of workers is above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($130,550) and computer and mathematical ($110,010). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Fulton County was 3.6%. 68.7% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Fulton County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.

Getting around

Among workers, 52.9% drive alone, 5.7% use public transit, 3.9% walk, 29.7% work from home. 14.2% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 28% below the state average (14.2% against 19.8%). Remote work is more common than in the state as a whole, which widens the set of employers a resident can work for without moving.

People and education

59.2% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 69% above the state share (59.2% against 35.0%). 9.0% of residents were born outside the United States, 19% below the state share (9.0% against 11.2%). The poverty rate is 16.9%, 27% above the state rate (16.9% against 13.4%).

Climate

The warmest month is Jul, averaging 80°F (26.5°C), and the coolest is Jan at 40°F (4.7°C). About 1,292 mm (51 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; Dec is the wettest month (133 mm) and Oct the driest (88 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.

Nearby cities to compare

Closest cities in this guide: North Druid Hills (7 miles, rent 10% higher); East Point (7 miles, rent 20% lower); Vinings (7 miles, rent 7% higher); Decatur (7 miles, rent 3% lower). Rent differences are against Atlanta; use the Compare tab to put any two cities side by side.

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Where to live

CITY Official statistics Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year (via Census Reporter) · Data: ACS 2020–2024

Places within 50 miles (straight line) of Atlanta, GA that have a guide, with what living there costs. The last-but-one column divides a year of rent by the median pay of the closest occupation ($108,940 a year), an estimate, not this employer's pay.

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Place ⇅	Distance from the job city ⇅	Median rent ⇅	Median home value ⇅	Median household income ⇅	Commute 45+ min ⇅	Rent as % of occupation pay ⇅	Open jobs there ⇅
Atlanta, GA	0 mi	$1,711	$439,600	$85,652	14.2%	18.8%	Jobs
North Druid Hills, GA	7 mi	$1,874	$515,900	$102,742	8.0%	20.6%	—
East Point, GA	7 mi	$1,364	$281,600	$68,598	17.8%	15.0%	—
Vinings, GA	7 mi	$1,839	$604,600	$94,982	9.3%	20.3%	—
Decatur, GA	7 mi	$1,655	$701,400	$139,397	15.5%	18.2%	—
North Decatur, GA	8 mi	$1,913	$474,600	$110,871	16.4%	21.1%	—
Brookhaven, GA	8 mi	$1,882	$692,700	$117,663	10.3%	20.7%	—
College Park, GA	9 mi	$1,207	$325,800	$51,635	7.2%	13.3%	Jobs
Smyrna, GA	9 mi	$1,739	$449,500	$100,061	18.6%	19.2%	—
Candler-McAfee, GA	9 mi	$1,498	$259,300	$64,699	21.8%	16.5%	—
Belvedere Park, GA	9 mi	$1,534	$296,600	$65,462	20.7%	16.9%	—
Mableton, GA	10 mi	$1,472	$313,100	$77,980	22.7%	16.2%	—
Forest Park, GA	11 mi	$1,189	$143,400	$41,211	20.6%	13.1%	—
Chamblee, GA	11 mi	$1,859	$432,800	$84,452	11.9%	20.5%	—
Clarkston, GA	11 mi	$1,422	$302,600	$48,564	26.2%	15.7%	—
Sandy Springs, GA	12 mi	$1,870	$619,800	$104,340	12.6%	20.6%	—
South Fulton, GA	13 mi	$1,702	$309,800	$82,324	25.0%	18.7%	—
Lithia Springs, GA	13 mi	$1,402	$220,000	$62,417	23.6%	15.4%	—
Riverdale, GA	14 mi	$1,360	$178,800	$63,455	14.7%	15.0%	—
Dunwoody, GA	14 mi	$1,859	$602,900	$121,903	12.8%	20.5%	—

Career paths

Occupations close to Data scientists in the official classification, with pay, outlook and whether there are open jobs for them on this site right now.

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Occupation ⇅	National median pay ⇅	Growth 2025–35 ⇅	Openings a year (US) ⇅	Open jobs here ⇅
Operations research analysts	$88,940	+11.9%	7,500	none right now
Statisticians	$105,650	+11.0%	1,900	none right now
Actuaries	$130,000	+9.2%	1,500	none right now

Distances

CITY Calculation (straight line) Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer (coordinates) · Data: 2024

How far Atlanta, GA is from the 20 largest US cities, in straight-line miles (not driving distance). Click a column to sort.

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From ⇅	Straight-line distance (miles) ⇅	Population of that city ⇅
Charlotte, NC	228 mi	903,844
Jacksonville, FL	287 mi	977,670
Indianapolis, IN	426 mi	885,860
Columbus, OH	437 mi	914,802
Chicago, IL	585 mi	2,711,226
Philadelphia, PA	670 mi	1,579,706
Houston, TX	700 mi	2,328,253
Dallas, TX	716 mi	1,307,930
New York, NY	747 mi	8,483,844
Fort Worth, TX	749 mi	963,194
Oklahoma City, OK	753 mi	697,125
Austin, TX	816 mi	979,539
San Antonio, TX	880 mi	1,479,835
Denver, CO	1,203 mi	718,877
Phoenix, AZ	1,586 mi	1,642,323
San Diego, CA	1,883 mi	1,389,526
Los Angeles, CA	1,940 mi	3,857,263
San Jose, CA	2,103 mi	990,138
San Francisco, CA	2,167 mi	830,235
Seattle, WA	2,177 mi	754,195

Nearby cities with open jobs (within 120 miles)

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City ⇅	Straight-line distance ⇅	Open jobs ⇅
College Park, GA	9 mi	5
Alpharetta, GA	23 mi	55
Chattanooga, TN	102 mi	5

The employer

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What is the Sr. Staff Data Scientist- Eng job at UKG?

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Median rent in Atlanta is $1,711 a month and median household income $85,652 (ACS 2020–2024).

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