Software Development Engineer, Workday

Demand Capacity

$128.8-193.2k

AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Scala
Java
Kafka
Linux
Gradle
Jenkins
Maven
Teamcity
Git
Next
JSON
REST API
Senior level
Denver

More information about location

Workday

Enterprise management cloud platform

Job no longer available

Workday

Enterprise management cloud platform

1001+ employees

B2BHRInternal toolsAnalyticsFinancial ServicesCloud Computing

Job no longer available

$128.8-193.2k

AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Scala
Java
Kafka
Linux
Gradle
Jenkins
Maven
Teamcity
Git
Next
JSON
REST API
Senior level
Denver

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2BHRInternal toolsAnalyticsFinancial ServicesCloud Computing

Company mission

To provide an all-in-one management cloud solution for the rapidly changing business requirements of the modern world.

Role

Who you are

  • 5 years of experience with Scala, or advanced Java/functional programming
  • 3 years of experience in one or more of the following technologies: Akka, Kafka or Zookeeper
  • 4 years of experience working with automated or web testing software and CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins, Gradle, etc)
  • Strong collaboration, communication and leadership skills

Desirable

  • BS or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related fields
  • Experience with distributed, concurrent, high-performance systems
  • Strong experience with HTTP, REST, XML, JSON and other key web frameworks
  • Test focused with good TDD / Unit & System Testing, debugging and profiling skills
  • Experienced with common IDE & build tools (e.g. IntelliJ, Git, Gradle, maven, TeamCity, Artifactory)
  • Good code review skills and capacity to both provide and act on constructive feedback
  • Have a passion for developing distributed systems and delivering them at scale while planning for future growth
  • Craft and develop enterprise solutions with high quality standards and advocate continuous delivery

What the job involves

  • The Demand Capacity org is responsible for some of Workday’s core service orchestration technologies, which are deployed in Workday’s data center and public cloud environments
  • We provide orchestration solutions for other Workday development and operations teams, allowing us to reach the next level of scale
  • Within this team, we are responsible for Workday’s optimized job processing platform, which performs some of the largest customer jobs in Workday
  • We are a core part of the Workday stack, working with concurrent and distributed systems to provide this background job processing platform for our internal and external customers
  • Our platform performs mission critical processing for our customers and has a key role in the scalability of Workday’s platform
  • The team is constantly innovating and evolving to build the next generation of critical Workday services
  • You will be responsible for designing and developing scalable components, microservices and libraries using our technology stack in a highly distributed environment
  • Among other technologies, we frequently use Scala, Akka, Gradle, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Kafka, ZooKeeper and Linux
  • The role will involve designing, developing and deploying a critical production service, including working on highly concurrent transaction processing, distributed memory management, communication protocols, and algorithms for distributed processing

Application process

  • End Date: 04/14/2025

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Insights

Top investors

16% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

  • 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
  • 401k plan
  • On-site health clinic (Pleasanton office)

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Oct 2011

$85m

SERIES F

Apr 2009

$75m

SERIES E

Total funding: $215.3m

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.

Workday has acquired and paired up with many other companies to keep expanding its offering. In 2021, it purchased the employee feedback platform Peakon in response to the growing need for managers to be able to survey workers and collect satisfaction data without face-to-face meetings. The company has also bought and developed many financial tools and HR management tools.

The company’s goal is to provide end-to-end back office services and while there are other providers, such as UKG Pro and Ceridian HCM, Workday’s broad offering helps them to stand out. Though it faced a tough global market in 2023 and has shed some of its headcount, Workday has seen a 6.5% gain in value in the first quarter of 2024. It is now focusing on growth and developing the AI capabilities of its platform. .

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