Software Development Engineer

Your work days are brighter here.

We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

About the Team

Join a creative and collaborative team delivering platform engineering tools for public and private cloud environments. We partner with application development teams from architecture design to deployment and help ensure their services are healthy in production customer environments. Your contributions to our team will enable innovative solutions for service scaling, self-service operations, toil reduction, service resilience, cost control, and policy compliance for the growing number of services we support.

We are a group of capable professionals that lean on agile and SRE methods to achieve a productive and balanced team environment. We strive to achieve continuous improvement without changing for the sake of change. Our team is passionate about supporting both the technology and teams that deliver systems used by millions of people.

Does the idea of working with great people excite you? We invite you to chat with us further about the vision we have, the systems we develop, and the people we need to grow our outstanding team!

About the Role

This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which, due to federal government security requirements, mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native).

As a Software Development Engineer on our Lifecycle Platform team, you will have an opportunity to:

• Build, run, and deploy large-scale, fault-tolerant systems using Workday's private cloud technology, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• Focus on the scalability, availability, automation, performance and security of distributed web services

• Participate in the team's paid on-call rotation - Work closely with engineering teams in the US, Canada, and Ireland to deliver exciting next generation applications and services for Workday

• Engage in a culture of learning and innovation through hackathons, online course offerings, and employee-led special interest guilds

• Be a part of Workday's amazing people-first culture and experience fun benefits like clubs and team events

About You

Basic Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years of development experience with building services and tooling in one or more of the following languages: Go, Python, Java.

• A minimum of 2 years of SRE/DevOps experience.

• A minimum of 2 years of experience automating deployment, scaling, and/or management of containerized applications with Kubernetes

• A minimum of 2 years of experience with public Cloud platforms: AWS or GCP

• This role may require a security clearance at the TS/SCI w/CI Poly level. Applicants must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance. An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly is preferred.

Other Qualifications

• Ability to architect, analyze, and support complex distributed systems

• A degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience

• Experience debugging and optimizing systems and code

• Desire to optimize continuous integration and deployment pipelines

• Skill in automating routine tasks to eliminate toil

• Mentoring and coaching junior engineers to inspire professional growth

• Solid verbal and written communication skills

• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills

• Expertise in designing, implementing, and analyzing algorithms to solve complex problems, optimize business processes, improve data analysis, and enhance decision-making strategies

• Proficient in the entire software lifecycle (conception, design, programming, testing, and maintenance), applying knowledge of programming languages, data structures, and system build to deliver custom solutions and ensure software performance and security

• Experienced in tracking and managing code changes using SCM tools, including version and branch management, and conflict resolution

• Capable of encouraging a positive and inclusive team environment to improve team efficiency, facilitate effective decision-making, and assist with project management

• Able to streamline the development process and maintain codebase integrity, ensuring accurate documentation and reversibility of changes

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below.  Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.

Primary Location: USA.VA.McLean (Tyson's Corner)Primary Location Base Pay Range: $135,200 USD - $202,900 USDAdditional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $122,400 USD - $217,200 USD

Our Approach to Flexible Work
 

With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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