Full-Time

Software Development Engineer for Machine Learning

Machine Learning

Posted on 9/4/2025

Workday

Workday

10,001+ employees

Cloud-based HCM and ERP software

Compensation Overview

CA$106.4k - CA$159.6k/yr

+ Bonus Plan + Stock Grants

Toronto, ON, Canada + 2 more

More locations: Calgary, AB, Canada | Vancouver, BC, Canada

Hybrid

Candidates must spend at least 50% of their time in the office or field each quarter.

Category
AI & Machine Learning (2)
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Required Skills
LLM
Microsoft Azure
Python
Machine Learning
Java
AWS
Google Cloud Platform
Requirements
  • 5 or more years of proven industry experience with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, 3 or more years with a Masters or equivalent
  • 3 or more years of experience with production-level Software Development including the conception, specifying, crafting, programming, documenting, testing, and bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applications, frameworks, or other software components.
  • 3 or more years of experience using programming languages (such as Python, Java, or similar) to deliver Production quality software solutions in an industry setting.
  • Experience with Machine Learning technologies, frameworks and methods.
  • 2 or more years of experience building Production quality software with public cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and Infrastructure as Code (e.g., AWS CloudFormation).
  • 3 or more years of experience maintaining and supporting Production software.
  • 2 or more years experience designing and implementing data pipelines to extract, transform, and load data from various sources enabling the training and deployment of machine learning models.
Responsibilities
  • Tackle sophisticated problems, which comes with developing and delivering global critical enterprise software using your expertise in design, coding, algorithms, and complexity analysis.
  • Work closely with software development engineers, machine learning engineers, product managers, as well as other teams and organizations to take services and products from inception to production.
  • Take ownership for finding creative solutions that move projects, work-streams and products forward. Have determination to turn ideas into reality and improve user experience.
  • Write elegant code that exemplifies standard methodologies for automation, observability, testing, concurrency, and service interaction using design patterns, object orientation, and machine learning frameworks.
  • Work together with team mates on code reviews, knowledge share, hackathons, etc.
  • Apply machine learning techniques including agentic AI, LLMs, deep learning including generative models, natural language understanding, sentiment analysis, topic modeling, and named entity recognition to analyze large sets of data. Design, launch, monitor and optimize cloud based machine learning architectures.
Desired Qualifications
  • Resilience to obstacles, and ability to solve problems independently.
  • Active and influential contributor in the design of systems and services, accounting for stability, scalability, performance and observability as first-class considerations.
  • Provides thoughtful and productive code review feedback that is seen by teammates as a significant improvement.
  • Shown familiarity of agile methodologies.
  • Experience with JSON, Protobuf, Avro, or other data structures and integration technologies. Experience with Kafka and/or other streaming frameworks.
  • Strong understanding of scalable architecture and performance optimization for web applications.
  • Algorithmic Thinking and a proven track record of designing, implementing, and analyzing algorithms.
  • Proven experience applying Object Oriented Design principles such as encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and abstraction to build flexible and reusable software components.
  • Experience developing Code Testing strategies with an emphasis on understanding various testing methodologies, such as unit testing, integration testing, functional testing, and regression testing, as well as the ability to use testing tools and frameworks.
  • Strong sense of ownership and delivery of finished products. A balance between craftsmanship and the need to ship products to customers.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a strong focus on Team Collaboration and customer impact.
  • Experience designing and developing business applications (knowledge of Workday products a plus).

Workday provides enterprise cloud software for finance and human resources used by medium to large organizations. Its suite includes Workday HCM, Financial Management, Adaptive Planning, and Workday Student, all delivered on a subscription basis. The platform combines HR and financial processes with analytics and planning, and receives regular cloud updates; consulting and training services help with implementation. Workday differentiates itself with a unified cloud-based suite for HR and finance and tools like Workday Peakon Employee Voice to support employee engagement, aiming to help organizations run their workforce and finances more efficiently.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Pleasanton, California

Founded

2005

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Personnel Action Request Agent cuts federal HR times by 60%.
  • Achievers integration boosts retention as weekly recognition multiplies productivity 2.6x.
  • Sana AI platform integrates with Gmail and Salesforce for workflow expansion.

What critics are saying

  • Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM erodes subscriptions with superior AI at lower costs.
  • Anthropic Managed Agents disrupt seat-based pricing in 6-12 months.
  • Microsoft Dynamics 365 Copilot causes 20% SMB attrition via Office bundling.

What makes Workday unique

  • Workday delivers unified cloud HCM and ERP from ground up since 2005.
  • AI agents like Sana automate HR tasks across 300 skills globally.
  • Acquisitions including HiredScore in 2024 and Evisort enhance talent and contracts.

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Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Hybrid Work Options

Performance Bonus

Stock Options

Professional Development Budget

Conference Attendance Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

0%
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