Workday

Workday

Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering

USA, CA, Pleasanton · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 10 days ago
Full-Stack DevelopmentMachine LearningLLMsRAGAgentic AILangGraphAI OrchestrationHRISResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoring

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Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds40
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.

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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

  • Agent Factory is where Workday's next chapter gets built.
  • This is production-grade AI-deeply embedded into Workday's platform-not research experiments or maintenance work.
  • 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.

Responsibilities

  • Build, lead, and mentor a team of exceptional AI agent engineers.
  • Collaborate with architects and principal engineers to ensure seamless integration with the Workday platform
  • Collaborate with external vendors and open-source communities to leverage best-in-class AI technologies
  • Implement robust testing, monitoring and feedback loops to ensure agent performance and reliability
  • 10+ years of total professional experience in software design and development for mission-critical, enterprise-scale systems.
  • 2+ years of leadership experience directing teams focused specifically on LLMs, generative AI application design, or advanced AI orchestration.
  • Talent Magnet: Proven ability to seek out, hire, and retain highest-performing engineering professionals to build cutting-edge, ambiguous products.
  • Responsible AI Stewardship: Passion for and commitment to building secure, governed AI systems that respect enterprise-grade data privacy and compliance.
  • Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering leadership (managing direct reports), with a strong focus on cloud-based systems and product-facing AI/ML applications.
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Enterprise Execution: Experience managing product constraints in distributed environments, focusing specifically on API integration, token utilization, and system responsiveness.
  • 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

  • Experience with the Workday platform is a strong plus.

Skills

  • Your work days are brighter here.

Compensation

  • $209,600 USD - $314,400 USD
  • $174,800 USD - $314,400 USD

Benefits

  • Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement and learning.
  • For more information regarding Workday's comprehensive benefits, please click here.
  • 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

  • We're forming small, senior, cross-functional AI teams that bring together product leaders, AI engineers, and full-stack builders to create intelligent agents used by millions of people every day.
  • Teams own problems end to end, collaborate tightly across disciplines, and use the right tools to solve real customer challenges at global scale.
  • High trust, high expectations, and real impact.
  • Engineering, but brighter.
  • We are seeking a highly skilled and visionary Senior Manager to lead the development of AI agents for our HR and Finance business.

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.
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