Software Development Manager, Workday
$172.8-259.2k
Office located in Santa Clara, CA or 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
$172.8-259.2k
Office located in Santa Clara, CA or 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
- You are a leader, a coach, and a mentor - you will lead with heart and empathy, inspire your teams, galvanize in times of pressure, and equip teams and team members for success
- You are a business leader with a growth mindset - you will use your technical expertise to challenge the status quo, find opportunities for positive change, and work with your partners to ensure sustainable business success for Workday
- You will promote a diverse and inclusive environment where employees are happy, energized and engaged, and who are excited to come to work every day
- 3+ years in a managerial role, building and managing highly technical and impactful engineering teams and delivering in a global-delivery mode
- Experience working with cross-functional teams across business units and multiple stakeholders
- 8+ years of experience developing applications using Cloud-based technologies
- 8+ years of experience with design and development in technologies like Java, SQL
- Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience
- Experience with microservices technologies like Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD tools like Jenkins, cloud platform like Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a plus
- You see software development as a team sport and thrive in a highly collaborative and agile culture where you’re always guiding and learning
- You have a strong focus on delivering high-quality software products, continuous innovation, and you value test automation and performance engineering
- You are proactive and able to deliver on initiatives that you start
- You demonstrate the interpersonal skills needed to positively influence important issues or decisions in a multi-functional environment
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, process-focused environment, adept at problem-solving under pressure
- Experience in ERP application development is a plus
- Experience supporting team members career growth and development
- Proven track record in implementing process improvements in a development setting
What the job involves
- Workday Adaptive Planning is a cloud-based enterprise software that helps businesses plan, budget, forecast, and analyze
- It's designed to help organizations adapt to changing conditions and make better decisions
- The Adaptive Planning product is backed by a highly resilient, scalable and performant Compute Engine
- A successful candidate will lead multiple priorities with bold deadlines, be passionate about building high-quality, resilient, scalable services, and be innovative in their approaches to technical delivery, process and operations, and relationship-building
- Partner and collaborate with multi-functional stakeholders to prioritize, plan and lead the delivery of critical project milestones
- Drive the activities of application development scrum teams including oversight of quality and product support
- Co-ordinate the analysis, design, programming, debugging with the team and take ownership of project execution
- Engage with Development, Product, QA, Automation, Research/UX, Agility, Doc-writing, and Customer Support colleagues - and with Workday customers - to identify, discuss, debate and ultimately solve customer issues in increasingly innovative ways
- Understand and promote best practices for software development and promote industry-standard methodologies
- Coach and mentor team members to help them to be at their best, assisting with career growth and personal development
- Personify and promote the Workday values of Employees, Customer Service, Innovation, Integrity, Fun, and Profitability
Application process
- End Date: January 9, 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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