Senior Software Development Engineer, Workday
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Enterprise management cloud platform
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Enterprise management cloud platform
1001+ employees
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1001+ employees
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
- You are a highly motivated and skilled Software engineer with a passion for data and a desire to make a real impact on Workday's Machine Learning initiatives
- You thrive in a collaborative environment, working closely with your colleagues to deliver innovative solutions
- You possess excellent communication skills, actively listening to understand different perspectives and effectively conveying technical ideas
- You are eager to contribute to a high-performing team and are driven to continuously learn and grow in the ever-evolving world of Distributed Systems and Data Engineering
- BSc or MSc in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Distributed Systems or a related field
- 3+ years proficiency in at least two of the following programming languages: Java, Scala, Python
- Proficient collaborating with teammates to design, maintain and improve sophisticated object-oriented software following clean code standard methodology
- A testing/quality approach - unit, system/integration and end-to-end testing, TDD, feature toggles, canary deployments
- Exposure to operating system concepts covering memory and storage, threading and concurrency, networking and sockets, and process management
- An understanding and experience with topics related to performance and scale, security, availability, deployment and operations
- Experience with Data Engineering technologies such as Apache Avro, Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg
- Experience in delivering a service from writing code to deploying in production: continuous integration (Jenkins), virtualisation (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes, Terraform) and Cloud providers (AWS, GCP)
- Track record of working with logging, monitoring, metrics, stats technologies, such as: Grafana, Prometheus, Kibana, Hive, etc
- Experience being responsible for a service in production with experience of production triage and on-call
What the job involves
- Our passion, as part of the Machine Learning (ML) organisation, is to deliver on critical company goals
- We are the data streaming team (aka Zonda) and develop the platform for the critical ML data pipelines
- In this role, you will contribute to the development and maintenance of critical data pipelines that power Workday's Machine Learning initiatives
- You'll be working hands-on with technologies like Java/Scala, Python, Flink/Spark, Kafka, Terraform/Kubernetes, and Iceberg, to name a few
- You'll also be a key player in an exciting project to build out our new, ultra-modern ML data ingestion pipeline, leveraging state-of-the-art managed services within the Cloud
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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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 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
Company values
- Employees - Most fundamentally, people are the core of our business. Without them, we would not have a business. We hire the best and expect great accomplishments
- Customer service - Every investment and decision we make has our customers in mind, and we pull out all stops to make the satisfaction of our customers paramount
- Innovation - We aim for innovation not only in our development organization but also in the way we approach all aspects of our business
- Integrity - We say what we mean, and mean what we say. We stick to our commitments, treat everyone equitably, and communicate openly and honestly
- Fun - We also feel it’s important to have a sense of humor. We like to laugh—it makes our work that much more enjoyable. We also invest in community and company events that help our employees and their families feel a connection to Workday beyond business as usual
- Profitability - Long-term economic success is what helps us provide employees and customers with the best productivity tools, solutions, and services. While important, profitability is not why we exist. Simply put, at Workday we exist to make and provide great products and services
Company HQ
Pleasanton, CA
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Leadership
Aneel Bhusri
(CEO)Worked for Morgan Stanley for 3 years and took a Stanford MBA, before spending almost 6 years at Oracle as SVP. Co-founded Workday in 2005 while working as a Greylock Advisory Partner.
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