Senior Application Security Engineer, Workday
$144-216k
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
$144-216k
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
- Bachelor degree in Computer Software, Information Science, Cybersecurity or related field
- 8+ years’ experience as an application security engineer OR secure cloud application development (Salesforce, Heroku, or Adobe AEM)
- 4+ Experience with Review and contribution to application designs and solutions
- Hands-on experience and expertise in cloud security and identity management services
- Thorough understanding of common security risks in cloud applications and web APIs
- Ability to demonstrate solid understanding of security protocols, cryptography, authentication, authorization
- Expert knowledge of security problems associated with modern web languages and frameworks, including but not limited to JavaScript (front and backend), Java, Go, Python and others
- Expert knowledge of microservice architecture, containerization, cluster orchestration, Kubernetes, Docker, and/or Terraform
- Knowledge of penetration testing techniques, application security vulnerabilities, OWASP Top 10, SANS 25, and Whitebox exploitation
- Excellent ability to discover, demonstrate flaws, and remediate common vulnerabilities in OWASP 10 and SANS 25
- Experience with testing methods such as SAST/DAST/IAST
- Technical security certifications such as CISSP, CEH, or GIAC
- Working knowledge of NIST (CSF, 800-53), CSA, and AICPA SOC 2
- Hands-on experience with Splunk Cloud
- Experience working in CI Systems such as Jenkins
- Excellent collaborative skills along with written and verbal communication
What the job involves
- Perform application security reviews on architecture, threat model, coding, QA and deployment. Provide insights on security best practice throughout all phases of software development. Apply a risk-based approach to anticipate the need to add/update cloud security controls leveraging security expertise, partner feedback, industry trends, and other data insights
- Continuously assess the baseline security control’s effectiveness
- Define cloud security controls and work across organizations to drive their successful and timely implementation
- Develop prescriptive guidance for Engineers to meet the control requirements and provide subject matter expertise in the implementation of secure cloud services
- Leverage native capabilities and/or develop scripts to facilitate compliance to the established security controls
- Identify new capabilities that will strengthen Workday’s security posture and work with the Portfolio InfoSec Officers to achieve capabilities through influence and sound data driven justification
- Communicate state of baseline compliance to leadership
- Perform penetration tests and security scans including static code scans, dynamic web interface scans, open source package scans and dependency package scans
- Develop and enhance new and existing security-focused tools, systems, and services
- Develop new security solutions/tools to prevent security vulnerabilities and assist in addressing existing security problems
- Help detect, highlight, and close security vulnerabilities that surface during the software development lifecycle
- Create and maintain the application security documentation
- Stop cyber threats from compromising our data
- Continuously monitor the environment for anomalies and indicators of compromise
- Triage security bugs and vulnerabilities
- Practical experience designing and implementing cloud security solutions
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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