Software Development Engineer, Workday
Cloud Native Test Frameworks
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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
Job no longer available
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
- BSc or MSc in Computer Science or related field and 4+ years industry experience
- Experience with test technologies working with containerized frameworks such as Docker or Kubernetes
- Development experience in at least one of Java, Scala, Python or Go
- Practical experience with Linux/Unix system administration, monitoring tools and troubleshooting. Strong experience of general linux usage
- Experience building test pipelines using CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins, TeamCity, Bamboo, Artifactory​
- Experience in developing test automation frameworks
- Comfortable working in a SaaS environment
- Good working knowledge of distributed systems and microservices
- Experience with Agile methodologies and best practices
- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills
- Demonstrated uses of creative thinking for solutions to exciting problems that matter
What the job involves
- The Systems Verification Frameworks team is looking for a highly motivated Software Development Engineer with DevOps experience to join us in helping Workday to deliver reliable, resilient SaaS products to Workdays customers.
- This team focuses on developing cloud-native tools to enable efficient, effective and flexible testing of the Workday stack. Our teams partners are the Service, Application, Infrastructure and Platform teams who need these tools to ensure their software or infrastructure changes are of the highest quality before they are shipped to production
- As a Software Development Engineer in this team you will have the opportunity to design and implement tools and frameworks to enable our internal customers to automate testing of our public cloud platforms (kubernetes on AWS and GCP) and services.
- You will integrate available OSS tools or develop tailored solutions depending on the scenario.
- You will develop a strong understanding of Workday environments and software deployment. You will follow best in class software engineering practices with CI/CD in mind.
- You will work in an agile environment with teams based in EMEA and North America. Your contributions will help accelerate the delivery, and improve the quality, of the Workday offering through robust test automation
- You will be a key contributor to the teams developer self service framework which enables teams to verify their service, infrastructure or platform changes in a user friendly manner focused on developer productivity
- Build and deploy solutions which are highly reliable, resilient, and extendable
- Work with innovative cloud native technologies such as Kubernetes, Helm and ArgoCD on GCP and AWS platforms
- Focus on building software with quality and testability in mind
- Work with geographically distributed teams to drive and develop automation strategies focused on continuous delivery
- Continuously improve processes, methodologies and tools to enhance teams efficiency
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.
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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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