Director of Data Engineering, Workday

• Proven experience (10+ years) in data engineering, data management, or a similar role with 5+ years leadership experience in managing large teams (15+) a mix of managers, data engineers, software development engineers and more
• Deep technical experience; architecture-level strength in designing data platforms that meet business objectives in collaboration with a strong technical team
• Strong understanding of data governance principles, data quality management, data lifecycle, security, and compliance
• Experience building pipelines using large-scale data technologies such as Kafka and Spark on cloud platforms
• Experience in a machine learning or AI-driven organization
• Knowledge of AI/ML technologies such as GenAI , information retrieval (IR), recommender systems, query understanding and intent AI, LLMs, relevance AI, image and language understanding
• Expertise in managing streaming data pipelines at scale
• Experience in of MLOps / DevOps / CloudOps

• One of Workday’s most critical teams, The Data Engineering Platform is responsible for building hundreds of ML applications
• We aspire to make any data extractable and explorable, easily, for building many ML, AI and Data Insight features, to be embedded in Workday Apps and products
• The goal includes scale, resiliency, privacy, security, compliance, and governance, which are all at the foundation of what we do
• We enjoy the challenges of re-imagining a modern infrastructure to handle our ever growing scale
• Own the Charge: Lead our Data Platform Team, driving innovation in data ingestion and management within our secure machine learning development environments
• Build and Optimize: Design and oversee large-scale data ingestion pipelines, ensuring data integrity and security
• Collaborate: Partner with product teams, data scientists, and engineers to drive innovation and deliver outstanding results
• Mentor and Encourage: Foster a culture of technical excellence, empowering your teams to reach new heights

• Company equity
• Vision and dental insurance
• Work from home opportunities
• Health insurance
• Virtual primary care
• Flexible time-off policy
• Global mental health resources
• Global dedicated on-site clinical counselors
• Global well-being days
• $25k fertility/family planning benefits
• North Star financial wellness
• Retirement funds and matching

Total funding: $215.3m

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.