Software Development Engineer, Workday
$128.8-193.2k
More information about location
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
$128.8-193.2k
More information about location
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
- 5+ years of coding experience with server-side development utilizing Java/Kotlin as the primary language and exposure to related technologies like Spring
- 3+ years implementing and understanding Object-Oriented Programming and common design patterns (MVC, Inversion of Control, Event-driven systems)
- 3+ years using CI/CD & DevOps Tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions
- Demonstrated ability to build robust, well-tested code using a test-first approach
- Proficient with regression and performance testing to ensure application stability, scalability, and reliability
- Knowledge of application performance monitoring and key observability principles
- Familiar with the development challenges inherent with highly scalable and available web applications
- Take ownership of deliverables from end to end, including requirements, design, implementation, and test
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey technical information to a wide variety of audiences
- Familiar with Cloud Platforms & Infrastructure: AWS, GCP, Terraform
- Experience with containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm
- Knowledge with Database & Middleware: Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ
- Algorithmic and Object-Oriented Design: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and a proven understanding and application of object-oriented design (OOD) principles
- Team Collaboration: Excellent ability to work efficiently within a team, contributing to shared goals and encouraging a collaborative environment
What the job involves
- Join our team and experience Workday!
- It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they're doing
- At Workday, we're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business of enterprise applications
- We work hard, and we're serious about what we do
- But we like to have a good time, too
- In fact, we run our company with that principle in mind every day: one of our core values is fun
- The Workday Developer Platform team seeks a software development engineer to drive the development and modernization of new platform capabilities, focusing on enhancing UI Platform backend services
- This role will improve the test posture, security, resiliency, and reliability of our backend services to support Workday's continued growth
- Our mission is to empower developers to solve the user experience problems of today and tomorrow
- As a P3 software engineer you will work with a development team of engineers to deliver reliable functionality for our platform
- You will focus on driving backend platform engineering innovation and modernization by helping improve release confidence, develop new capabilities, strategic architectural improvements, and reducing operational costs
- Collaborate closely with our software engineering teams responsible for the UI platform
- Collaborate across teams to ensure robust, scalable, testable, and efficient solutions
- Produce high quality, reliable and maintainable code to build libraries/frameworks
Application process
- End Date: October 31, 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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