Software Engineer, Workday
Agentic AI & API Platform
€72-108k
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
Be an early applicant
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
€72-108k
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 experience in software engineering building scalable backend services or platforms
- 3+ years of experience with TypeScript or Python in production environments
- 2+ years of experience with web service/API technologies (such as REST, SOAP, JSON, XML Schema, WSDL, GraphQL, etc) with an emphasis on contract-first design (OpenAI / Swagger)
- 2+ years of experience working with distributed systems architecture, handling high-throughput workloads, concurrency management, or advanced caching strategies
- Other Qualifications:
- Demonstrated proficiency with modern AI‑assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate high‑quality software delivery
- Solid algorithmic thinking (e.g., hash maps, trees, graph traversal, caching strategies) applied to routing, query planning, or data transformation
- Familiarity with distributed systems concepts: concurrency/multithreading, horizontal scaling, high availability, and fault tolerance
- Understanding of typical API gateway responsibilities: routing, validation, authentication, throttling/rate limiting, transformation, and security policies
- Experience with API specifications and lifecycle (OpenAPI/Swagger, versioning, documentation)
- Good understanding of testing methodologies (unit, integration, contract, performance) and tools such as JUnit, ScalaTest, Postman, Mockito, and coverage tools
- Experience with source control and modern dev tooling (Git/GitHub, Gradle, CI, debugging, profiling)
- Exposure to cloud‑based development (e.g., AWS, Kubernetes) is a plus
- Familiarity with MCP or similar integration models is a plus
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset; comfortable working with teams across time zones
- Curiosity about agentic AI and interest in building APIs that power AI‑driven workflows
What the job involves
- As a Software Development Engineer in Product Engineering, you will help build and maintain the APIs and backend services that sit on the critical path for Workday products and agentic experiences
- You will work with technologies such as TypeScript/Python and Workday frameworks to develop scalable, resilient distributed systems and great internal developer experiences
- Your work will directly impact how quickly Workday can build, deploy, and iterate on agent‑driven capabilities for customers
- This role is crucial because agentic AI changes how APIs must be built. For an AI agent to successfully process an invoice, update an employee record, or orchestrate a complex workflow within Workday, the underlying APIs must be highly deterministic, self-describing, and resilient. You will be at the center of making that possible
- Design, develop, and maintain product APIs and backend services
- Implement robust API behaviors including routing, validation, authentication/authorization, transformation, and error handling
- Contribute to high‑throughput, low‑latency components and integrations, focusing on resiliency, scalability, and fault tolerance
- Apply API contract and governance practices using OpenAPI/Swagger and internal standards
- Build and improve frameworks and tooling used by Product Engineering teams to define, publish, and maintain APIs (REST, SOAP, Graph, etc.)
- Use observability (metrics, tracing, logging) to understand behavior in production and drive performance and reliability improvements
- Write clean, well‑documented, and testable code; contribute unit, integration, and contract tests
- Participate in design and code reviews; share knowledge through documentation, talks, and mentoring
- Own small to medium services or API areas end‑to‑end — from design and implementation through rollout, monitoring, and support
- Collaborate with partners in other Workday code service and agent development teams
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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