Software Engineer, Workday
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€72-108k
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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
Open for applications
€72-108k
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
- You are a Software Engineer that is focused on building reliable scalable systems, software, and processes
- You understand the importance of CI and software development lifecycles and the role it plays in delivering software to customers
- You dislike doing things twice, so you automate each step along the way. You want to make other engineers efficient and simplify how things are run
- 5+ years experience in software development engineering including designing, developing, and deploying software solutions
- 2+ years coding experience and can utilize various languages (We focus and build tooling and automation using Python, GoLang and Java.)
- MS in Computer Science or related field and 1 years relevant experience or BS in Computer Science or related field and 3 years relevant experience
- Experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems built on technologies like Spark, YARN, Hadoop, Kubernetes
- Experience building infrastructure and tooling in the cloud and using managed services where possible, we focus on AWS
- Working knowledge of building immutable services and functions utilizing Docker, Kubernetes and Serverless frameworks (AWS Lambda, API Gateway)
- Working knowledge of building Highly Available, Scalable, Reliable multi-tenanted big data applications on Cloud (AWS, GCP) and/or Data Center architectures
What the job involves
- The Delivery Engineering team for Workday Data Platform is a team of engineers for engineers. We support a wide range of groups — backend, frontend, platform, performance and test engineers, and many more
- We spend our time writing software and managing how we deliver, deploy, monitor, and everything in between. We are responsible for the infrastructure behind how we build, support, test, and ultimately deploy Prism
- You have experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems build on technologies like Spark, YARN, Hadoop, Kubernetes, Polaris, Iceberg, Trino
- You love to work in Unix/Linux from kernel to shell, file systems, client-server protocols, etc
- You have a strong coding background and can utilize various languages. We focus and build tooling and automation using Python, GoLang and Java
- You prefer building infrastructure and tooling in the cloud and using managed services where possible, we focus on AWS and GCP
- You package and deliver immutable services and functions, utilizing Docker, Kubernetes and Serverless frameworks (AWS Lambda, API Gateway)
- You believe that everything should be repeatable and use orchestration and deployment tools and Infrastructure as Code such as terraform, Ansible
- You rely on CI/CD to automatically deliver build pipelines such as Jenkins, TeamCity, Bamboo, Artifactory
- You utilize and help create meaningful metrics and alerts using technologies like: Prometheus, Grafana
- You’ve worked with JVM’s and have debugged and tuned them in the past
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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