Principal Software Engineer, Workday
Distributed Systems
$197-295.4k
Salary applicable to Colorado based applicants
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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
Be an early applicant
$197-295.4k
Salary applicable to Colorado based applicants
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
- 8+ years of experience with product engineering leading the development and delivery of highly available cloud products
- 5+ years proven experience in AI, machine learning, or intelligent automation, with a focus on enterprise applications
- 2+ years experience with LLMs, AI agents, and orchestration frameworks (e.g. LangGraph)
- 5+ years experience with Python, cloud AI services (AWS, Azure, GCP), and AI model deployment
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field, such as Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering
- Experience with enterprise-grade AI architectures, API integration, and large-scale automation
- Hands-on experience with vector databases, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and fine-tuning LLMs
- Proven track record to tackle sophisticated business challenges by translating them into innovative, AI-powered solutions that drive measurable results
- Experience with data privacy, security, and compliance for AI in enterprise environments
- Experience developing and deploying machine learning solutions using large-scale datasets, including specification design, data collection and labeling, model development, validation, deployment, and ongoing monitoring
- Experience with fine-tuning AI models including identifying and curating datasets as well as experimenting with models for iterative improvement
What the job involves
- Join the AI Agent Engineering team, where we're pioneering cutting-edge HR & Finance AI Agents that deeply integrate within the Workday suite. Be part of an innovative, agile force architecting intelligent agents that will revolutionize our customers' workday
- We are seeking an expert AI Agent Principal Engineer who will serve as a lead engineer for a multi-functional team building ground-breaking AI agents for HR & Finance
- This role is critical in defining the tooling strategy, staying ahead of industry trends, and ensuring our AI solutions seamlessly integrate deeply within the Workday stack
- You will be responsible for evaluating and selecting AI frameworks, orchestrating agent workflows, and using LLMs, automation frameworks, and enterprise AI technologies to design and develop scalable, reliable and trusted AI agents for both the HR and Finance
- You will lead a team of engineers to quickly iterate on strategic agentic solutions for HR and Finance
- Lead a high performing team of innovative engineers to deliver AI-powered agents that integrate deeply into HR and Financial workflows, accelerating intelligent decision making
- Understanding of AI Lifecycle: Extensive knowledge of the AI system lifecycle, including problem definition, data acquisition, model training, system integration, and validation
- Evaluate, select, and integrate AI tools, frameworks, and platforms to ensure scalability, efficiency, and compliance
- Stay up to date with advancements in AI, LLMs, RAG, autonomous agents and orchestration frameworks to drive innovation
- Work with product, engineering, and data science teams to innovate and implement AI-based automation solutions that enhance HR and financial operations
- Collaborate with external AI vendors, cloud providers, and open-source communities to bring the best-in-class technologies into our AI stack
- Establish monitoring, feedback loops, and continuous learning mechanisms to improve agent performance over time
- Committed to revolutionizing the industry with AI technologies in HCM and Financial systems
- Building responsible AI into our Agent Factory pipeline supporting various systems
Application process
- The application deadline for this role is the same as the posting end date stated as 07/31/2026
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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