Associate Software Development Engineer, Workday
Kubernetes Cloud Platform, US Federal
$106.4-159.6k
Office located in Boulder, CO
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
$106.4-159.6k
Office located in Boulder, CO
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- If you are passionate about cloud-native communication solutions and would like to play a key role in developing Workday's leading cloud-hosted architecture, we’d love to hear from you!
- 2+ years experience developing in a modern programming language (Golang, Ruby, Python, Java 8+, or Scala)
- 2+ years experience with running server orchestration solutions in production (Kubernetes, Mesos, Docker Swarm, or other solutions)
- Experience with a public cloud platform: AWS, GCP
- Must be a US Citizen
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Experience designing and building a microservice architecture
- Deep knowledge of and experience with Linux
- Familiar with Service mesh technologies, ideally Istio / Envoy
- Ability to communicate effectively to different customers (product management, team mates, external teams using our platform)
- Experience working in an Agile environment/ with Agile development methodologies
- Experience developing automation solutions
- Knowledge of Storage, Networking, Systems, configuration management
- Knowledge of standard methodologies for Cloud Native infrastructure management and operations
- Knowledge of CI / CD principles and standard processes
What the job involves
- Workday currently has a position open for a Software Developer: Kubernetes Mesh Networking in Cloud Platform Engineering
- To support Workday’s rapid growth, this team is building a state-of-the-art multi-cloud platform to host thousands of customers seamlessly across public and private clouds
- We are looking for an experienced engineer to help develop and deploy service communication technologies to support existing and future networking needs for cloud native microservices and legacy services migrating to cloud
- Resilience and scalability are the top priorities for our platform and this role will involve maximising the available solutions through thoughtful design, deployment and configuration, in addition to open source community participation and working closely with internal customers to understand their services
- The team operates as a software product team, using Scrum and DevOps practices to deliver the software solutions needed by our customers for seamless deployment to a true multi-cloud platform
- Our challenge is to meet the complex service connectivity, performance and security needs of our services, in a repeatable and predictable manner across our platform
- To deliver these requirements at scale, with industry leading uptime and while minimising onboarding and operational friction
- The core technologies used by the Service Communication team today include Kubernetes, Istio, Envoy
- This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which, due to federal government security requirements, mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native)
- Develop a deep understanding of Workday’s industry leading products and work with talented internal engineering teams to help them deploy to a multi-cloud environment using modern cloud-native orchestration, deployment and monitoring technology
- Work with the upstream community to improve and optimise Istio and Envoy for large scale, high uptime deployments
- Use Istio Service Mesh to deliver innovative service connectivity features to internal services allowing high availability, rapid prototyping, hitless upgrades and continuous deployment
- Help create a centre of excellence for Cloud networking technologies in the Platforms organization: Ingress, Egress and Service Mesh
- Work closely with infrastructure and vendor teams to align the networking design at all layers with the needs of the business
Application process
- End Date: March 18, 2025
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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