Senior Associate Software Development Engineer, Workday
Military Veteran
$112-168k
Office located in Pleasanton, CA
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
Job no longer available
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$112-168k
Office located in Pleasanton, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- Transitioning US military Veteran or eligible member of the National Guard or Reserves
- Cannot have been out of the military for longer than three years (exception is for those currently enrolled in a full-time educational program)
- Experience with Object oriented Design and programming experience, preferred in an enterprise software product
- Experience and familiarity in Java, RESTful APIs, SOAP
- Good grasp of design and architecture patterns, coding best practices and be able to write unit-testable code
- An understanding of one or more business domains relevant to Workday systems (for example, HR, benefits, payroll, or financials) is desirable
- Knowledge of agile development processes is a plus
- Motivated individuals who don't stop striving to be their best
- Experience of Java development
What the job involves
- Do you want to wake up each morning and look forward to come to work? You've found the right career opportunity!
- EPIC (Enterprise Privacy Identity and Config Security) team is looking for individuals to take our Customer Identity platform and Privacy protection frameworks to new heights
- Workday supports and promotes a variety of user personas with a unified identity
- We are building a new unified identity & unified authorization services for customer identity & authorization needs
- Collaborate with other teams to brainstorm optimal solutions and alternatives
- Think creatively and consider issues from a customer perspective, while bringing a pragmatic approach to solving issues
- As a part of an agile development team, work with fellow engineers of various disciplines, product managers and test automation engineers to deliver privacy platform enhancements to support Workday application development
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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