Senior Software Engineer, Workday
Database Team
$160-240k
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
$160-240k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- You are a team-player, but also a leader and go-getter and motivated to excel. You care deeply for inclusivity, belonging and equity in relationships with workmates
- Alongside these attributes, if you are excited to join a growing and talented bunch of fun folks in building a best-in-class planning SaaS platform, you are looking in the right place!
- 5+ years of hands-on database development experience working with large enterprise level applications
- 5+ years of experience in SQL Data Manipulation Language (DML) and Data Definition Language (DDL)
- 5+ years of experience with schema design, data normalization, query optimization, distributed systems, fault-tolerance, redundancy, scalability and database performance tuning and monitoring
- 5+ years of experience with relational databases like Oracle, Postgres, etc
Desirable
- Advanced proficiency in Java and scripting languages (such as Python) and service oriented architectures
- Experience with No-SQL databases like Cassandra, DynamoDB, etc
- Up-to-date with trends and developments in database related technologies
- Experience with AWS Amazon Aurora is a plus
- Experience with Kafka or event driven architecture is a plus
- Knowledge of REST, including good API design and versioning
- Strong grasp of algorithms, design patterns, coding best practices and experience with crafting detailed technical documents
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
What the job involves
- The Adaptive Insights, a Workday Company is building out one of our newest teams, Data Management. This highly visible team is responsible for moving our enterprise SaaS application into a modern and scalable database solution
- Do you get excited working on enterprise SaaS applications? Come build out the newest addition to our Business Planning Cloud solution. Work on the core of the product, providing a scalable and performant solution
- The candidate will collaborate with a small talented team of engineers to build out our next generation cloud services platform
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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