Workday

Workday

Sr. Software Development Engineer

USA, CA, Pleasanton · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 1 day ago
JavaGoC++KotlinDistributed SystemsCode ReviewCI/CDAPI DevelopmentRESTgRPCHRISTest AutomationCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoring

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Green-card follow-through: 99%

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About the role

  • Your contributions will directly impact how millions of users receive critical, timely communications from the Workday platform.
  • We are passionate about bringing industry-leading solutions to life while putting our people first-embracing new challenges with courage, and staying committed to delivering exceptional value for our customers.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain critical components of Workday's enterprise messaging and email platform in alignment with broader platform standards and architecture goals.
  • Develop and scale core multi-channel messaging services, templates, and deliverability infrastructure, adhering to established design patterns and best practices.
  • Collaborate effectively across Product Management, Design, Security, and engineering team members to deliver high-quality email capabilities.
  • Participate in technology evaluations and third-party messaging and email provider integrations, build prototypes, and implement optimized solutions for email throughput and deliverability.
  • Help shape team engineering practices, participate in code and design reviews, and mentor junior engineers on the team.
  • 8+ years of related software engineering experience, with deep expertise in building and operating high-scale distributed systems and platform services.
  • 5+ years in modern programming languages (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Go, or C++), object-oriented design, REST/gRPC API development, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • 5+ year experience designing and building scalable distributed systems, including event-driven microservices or messaging platforms, following architectural best practices.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Track record of effective collaboration with product, design, and cross-functional engineering teams to deliver high-quality software features.
  • Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work.

Requirements

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical details clearly to peers and collaborators.
  • Technical Execution and Strategy: Ability to execute on feature roadmaps and shape the technical direction of messaging services in alignment with platform team goals.
  • 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.

Skills

  • Your work days are brighter here.

Compensation

  • $176,000 USD - $264,000 USD
  • $148,200 USD - $264,000 USD
  • 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

  • The Intelligent Experience Platform (IXP) team builds technology that powers a unified, intelligent, and seamless user experience across the Workday ecosystem.
  • As part of Core Services within Workday's Platform organization, IXP delivers the foundational layers that every Workday application and agent is built on and every user interacts with.
  • Through data-driven insights, cutting-edge technology, and strong cross-functional collaboration, the team multiplies the impact of every application team by delivering scalable, user-centric solutions and a cohesive, agent-ready foundation essential to Workday's next era of innovation.

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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