Senior Software Development Engineer, Workday
Backend, Evisort AI
CA$140-210k
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Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
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Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$140-210k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering
- 5+ years experience with a web development framework (Python/Typescript preferred: Flask, NestJS, Express, Django, or FastAPI)
- Experience in ownership of designing, building and operating of SaaS products in cloud environments (AWS preferred)
- Experience with a Relational DB (PostgreSQL preferred)
- Familiarity with LLMs and Agent development
- Familiarity with the tradeoffs and architecture of modern distributed systems and event-driven architectures
- Knowledge of software development best practices (DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability)
- Hands-on experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with Elasticsearch or other document stores
- Experience with observability tools like Sentry and Grafana, building and monitoring dashboards
- Experience with designing high performance and scalable APIs with backwards compatibility
- Proven success working within fast-paced, agile environments and cross-functional teams
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical partners
- Comfortable working with ambiguity and translating complex problems into clear, thoughtful solutions
- Committed to fostering an inclusive, team-oriented environment and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement
What the job involves
- Join the Workday AI organization, where you'll be building and supporting state-of-the-art AI capabilities that power Workday's product suite. You'll be working with a cross-functional team that ships frequently, iterates rapidly, and is supporting millions of users of Workday's products
- Evisort Engineering is growing! As a Senior Backend Software Engineer, you'll join a collaborative, cross-functional team working to enhance and expand our AI-driven contract management platform. You'll work closely with engineers, product managers, data scientists, and designers to help deliver scalable, user-centric solutions that transform how legal and business teams manage their contracts
- Your technical contributions and team-first mindset will play a key role in delivering high-impact products that scale our AI capabilities and help global organizations simplify complex business processes
- Collaborate with engineering, data science, product, and design teams to build and evolve our vision, strategy, and roadmap
- Participate in a supportive, iterative team culture that values curiosity, learning, and strong engineering practices
- Contribute to the growth and success of your teammates through knowledge sharing and mentorship
- Take ownership of multiple functional areas in our platform — from development to production (“you build it, you run it”)
- API Development: Design and build high-performance back-end services using Python to facilitate communication between microservices
- Actively monitor and optimize code to ensure platform performance
- Implement comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and logging strategies to ensure the health and performance of all integrations and back-end services
Our take
Workday is a cloud-based software vendor that provides management of workforces and finances. The company uses a single database for workforce management and financial management to offer integration and optimize business intelligence across companies. It has added to the packages and tools it offers over the years, providing analytic options that allow companies to combine third-party data with information collected by Workday.
The company has also grown through acquisitions and partnerships to broaden its capabilities.. Most recently, in 2025 it purchases Sana, an AI-driven enterprise knowledge and learning platform, to create a "new front door for work". This acquisition allows Workday to integrate Sana's AI-powered search, agents, and learning capabilities with its own data and workflows, allowing employees to access information, automate tasks, and complete their day entirely within Workday.
Through a combination of strategic acquisitions and in-house development, WOrkday has built a comprehensive suite of HR, financial, and enterprise tools. By focusing on innovation and AI-driven workflows, the company continues to push productivity and decision-making for organizations worldwide. Building on this track record, Workday is very much positioned for even more growth, reinforcing its status as a leader in shaping the future of work.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Oct 2011
$85m
SERIES F
Apr 2009
$75m
SERIES E
Total funding: $215.3m
Company HQ
Pleasanton, CA
Leadership
Aneel Bhusri
(Co-Founder & Executive Chair)Annel began his career at Morgan Stanley as a Corporate Finance Analyst. He then spent nearly 6 years at PeopleSoft as a Senior VP before co-founding Workday in 2005, where he has served as the CEO ever since.
Carl Eschenbach
(CEO)Carl joined Workday in 2022 as Co-CEO, becoming CEO in 2024. He has also been a Partner at Sequoia Capital since 2016. Previously, he spent 14 years at VMware as President and COO and 3 years at Inktomi Corporation as the VP of North America Sales.
Peter Bailis
(CTO)Prior to joining Workday in 2025, People was a VP of Engineering at Google. He also previously founded Sisu Data, where he served as the CEO for over 5 years.
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