Senior Software Engineer, Workday
Distributed Systems & Cloud Technologies
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
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- At least 5+ years of software development experience
- 5+ years of experience using Java
- Experience in building Highly Available, Scalable, Reliable multi-tenanted big data applications on Cloud (AWS, GCP) and/or Data Center
- Knowledge of distributed system techniques
- Experience with Scala, Linux
- Experience with managing big data frameworks like Spark and/or Hadoop
- Understanding of resource management using YARN, Kubernetes, etc
What the job involves
- The distributed Systems team is looking for Software Engineers to join their incredible team
- The team designs, develops, troubleshoots and debugs software programs for improvements as well as contributing to new products
- We develop software and tools in support of design, infrastructure and technology platforms, including operating systems, compilers, routers, networks, utilities, databases and Internet-related tools
- We determine hardware compatibility and/or influences hardware design. We straddle both applications and systems, and we are needing someone who has the same interest as us
- As part of Workday’s Prism Analytics team, you will be responsible for the integration of our Big Data Analytics stack with Workday's cloud infrastructure
- You will work on building, improving and extending large-scale distributed data processing frameworks like Spark, Hadoop, and YARN in a multi-tenanted cloud environment
- You will also be responsible for developing techniques for cluster management, high availability and disaster recovery of the Analytics Platform, Hadoop and Spark services
- You will also engineer smart tools and frameworks that provide easy monitoring, troubleshooting, and manageability of our cloud-based analytic services
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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