Software Developer, Workday
Authentication Team
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2+ days a week in office
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
Open for applications
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
1001+ employees
Open for applications
More information about location
2+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of software development experience, leading technical initiatives, designing complex systems, and ensuring the scalability and maintainability of software products
- 5+ years of experience in object oriented programming such as Java, Scala, Kotlin
- Understanding of patterns for resilient services such as backpressure, idempotency, timeouts, and circuit-breaking strategies
- Expertise and experience in API Development (REST) and designing and building microservices
- Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience
- Knowledge/ experience with developing security, identity, authentication, authorization solutions and open standards such as SAML and OIDC
- Expert knowledge of identity protocols and standards, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and SAML
- Knowledge of different data storage technologies, such as Redis and MySQL
- Working experience with source control and CI/CD tools such as Git, BitBucket, Jenkins
- Knowledge of Docker and container orchestration frameworks such as Kubernetes
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry
- Proven ability in writing technical design documents and collaborating within a software development team
- Experience with relational database technologies (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server)
What the job involves
- Join our Authentication Security team as an experienced Software Developer to design and build highly resilient authentication systems for our platform
- We’re looking for a hands-on technical leader who loves building highly scalable, distributed security infrastructure
- You will work closely with the team to architect and implement critical authentication standards (OIDC, SSO, SAML, FIDO), while ensuring our services remain resilient under heavy load
- As a technical leader you will thrive in ambiguity, turning abstract security requirements into concrete, robust solutions
- If you are a problem-solver who enjoys navigating complex security architecture, and mentoring others to do the same, this is your opportunity to shape the future of our platform
- Define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the security platform in partnership with engineering and product leadership
- Design and build robust, high-performance services, libraries, and APIs to ensure secure and reliable authentication
- Develop tools to improve code reliability and streamline the adoption of our security services
- Leverage and champion good software design patterns and principles
- Collaborate closely with support and engineering teams to resolve customer issues, fix bugs, and implement new features
- Contribute to a collaborative team culture that fosters iteration and innovation
- Demonstrate excellence when working autonomously, with an understanding of when to seek support from team members
- Participate in on-call rotation and lead incident response for services to ensure quick service restoration during events
- Possess the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to deliver high-value results
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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