Intermediate or Senior Software Development Engineer, Workday
Machine Learning, XO
CA$132.8-199.2k
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
CA$132.8-199.2k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- We are open to hiring at either a Software Development Engineer or Sr Software Development Engineer level (P3 or P4), depending on experience and skills of the selected candidate
- 3+ years experience in software engineering and with object-oriented (OO) design and development experience in XpressO
- Pre-existing knowledge of the Workday Stack (ie. OMS, AOD, UIC/UIS, XDF/RDF, etc)
- XO expertise in REST API, Reporting, Security and Performance (advocacy on some of these areas is a bonus)
- Familiarity with standard web concepts including: html/css, javascript, react, REST and http
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, physics, math or equivalent
- 5+ years experience in software engineering
- 2+ years experience with object-oriented (OO) design and development experience in XpressO
What the job involves
- This role will primarily involve developing software that bridges the gap between machine learning (ML) and the rest of Workday’s technology platform
- Ad-hoc ML Integration support for the ML organization including:
- Innovation service artifact creation (ie. IDDs)
- Data collection and IS opt-in
- ML Inference uptake in bespoke and XO applications
- XO Web Services
- Innovative ways for ML systems to communicate with the Workday platform
- Improvements to the explainability of Workday’s internals to ML models
- Building experimental UIs for ML-led product features
- Design, implement and maintain frameworks to integrate machine learning models and services into Workday applications
- Drive the design of interfaces, APIs, and UI components
- Facilitate collection of implicit user feedback across all ML features
- Interface and coordinate with ML integration teams inside of apps and AppDev teams
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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