Workday

Workday

Senior Software Development Engineer (Agent Factory)

Canada, BC, Vancouver · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$140k-$210kDetected 4 days ago
Distributed SystemsFull-Stack DevelopmentPostgreSQLElasticsearchAWSCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesCI/CDDevOpsMachine LearningAgentic AIHRISTest AutomationResearchCommunicationMentoring

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64Sponsors, lottery-bound
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role100
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70

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Green-card filing pattern in this occupation

Context, not a finding about this posting: of this employer's 66 green-card filings in this occupation, 100% were for a worker who already held the job.

Green-card intent detected

Workday, Inc. obtained a prevailing wage determination for Software Developers in Boulder, COLORADO on 2026-06-15. No matching green-card filing appears in our data yet. The determination expires in 7 days (2026-09-12), and a green-card filing must follow before then or the employer starts over.+2 more active determinations on file

Green-card follow-through: 98%

Of 58 labor certifications old enough to have been used, 1 expired without the employer filing the next step. Median time from filing to decision: 497 days.100% of their filings were for a worker who already held the job.Only certifications past the 180-day window are counted — recent ones cannot have expired yet.

Files H-1B transfers

49 transfer filings in the last year, covering 49 workers. Median labor-condition decision: 7 days. An employer that already files transfers is one that can take over an existing H-1B.

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About the role

  • This role is crucial in implementing tooling strategies, staying informed about industry trends, and ensuring our AI-driven solutions integrate effectively within the Workday stack.
  • Your technical contributions and team-first attitude will play a key role in delivering high-impact products that scale our AI capabilities and help global organizations simplify complex business processes.
  • If this looks exciting, give us a shout!

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with a team of engineers to deliver AI-powered agents that integrate deeply into HR and Financial workflows, accelerating intelligent decision making.
  • Take ownership of multiple functional areas in our platform - from development to production ("you build it, you run it")
  • Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering
  • 5+ years experience with a web development framework
  • Familiarity with the tradeoffs and architecture of modern distributed systems
  • Knowledge of software development best practices (DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability)
  • Hands-on experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Familiarity with Elasticsearch
  • Experience working within fast-paced, agile environments and multi-functional teams
  • 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).
  • Workday is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during our application process, in order to perform one or more essential functions of their job, as well as regarding the use of AI tools for employment decision-making to any degree.

Nice to have

  • 2+ years with a Relational DB (PostgreSQL preferred)

Skills

  • Your work days are brighter here.

Compensation

  • $140,000 - $210,000 CAD
  • In addition, Workday will never ask candidates to pay a recruiting fee, or pay for consulting or coaching services, in order to apply for a job at Workday.

Benefits

  • Our Approach to Flexible Work
  • 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.

Company info

  • Agent Factory is where Workday's next chapter gets built.
  • We're forming small, senior, cross-functional AI teams that bring together product leaders, machine learning engineers, and full-stack builders to create intelligent agents used by millions of people every day.
  • This is production-grade AI-deeply embedded into Workday's platform-not research experiments or maintenance work.
  • Teams own problems end to end, collaborate tightly across disciplines, and use the right tools to solve real customer challenges at global scale.
  • You'll work at the intersection of AI, platform architecture, and human workflows, with the autonomy to shape how agents reason, act, and scale responsibly.
  • High trust, high expectations, and real impact.
  • Engineering, but brighter.
  • We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to contribute to a cross-functional team building transformative AI agents for HR & Finance.

Equal opportunity

  • Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
  • If you require a reasonable accommodation, you may email accommodations@workday.com, as far in advance as possible.
  • Please see below for more details including how to request an accommodation as a qualified veteran, due to a disability or for religious reasons, or as otherwise provided under applicable law.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Visa and work permit sponsorship is available for this role.
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