Manager of Software Development Engineering, Workday
AI Platform
CA$140-210k
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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
Be an early applicant
CA$140-210k
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
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years in a people management role
- 4+ years of building and operating production-grade backend or platform systems
- 4+ years of technical background in distributed systems and scalable service architecture
- 4+ years experience working with Python (or similar languages such as Java or Go)
- Experience leading teams working on platforms, infrastructure, or developer tooling
- Experience delivering complex technical projects in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
- Familiarity with AI/ML systems or LLM-powered applications in production
- Familiarity with Kubernetes and cloud-native systems
- Track record of building and growing high-performing engineering teams
- Experience with workflow orchestration, distributed pipelines, or complex multi-step systems
- Strong ability to partner across teams and influence technical direction
- Understanding of observability, reliability engineering, and production operations
- Experience defining technical strategy and long-term platform vision
- Excellent communication, prioritization, and execution skills
- Experience hiring and scaling teams in a high-growth environment
What the job involves
- We are in the AI Platform organization at Workday and we solve meaningful problems that lie at the intersection of machine learning and enterprise-scale software!
- We build advanced AI solutions that power the core Workday software by modeling user behavior and providing intelligent automation
- Come join us if you are interested in working on cutting edge technology, having fun and making an impact!
- We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team building our Agent Platform—the core infrastructure that enables teams to develop, deploy, orchestrate, and operate AI agents in production
- In this role, you will lead a team of engineers working on backend services, distributed systems, and developer tooling that power agent-based applications
- You’ll be responsible for driving execution, shaping technical direction, and building a high-performing team that delivers scalable, reliable platform capabilities
- You’ll partner closely with product, applied AI, and infrastructure teams to define how agent systems are built and operated across the organization
- This role is ideal for a leader who enjoys growing teams, driving clarity in ambiguous spaces, and building foundational platforms for emerging technologies
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers building the Agent Platform
- Drive execution of the team’s roadmap, ensuring high-quality, timely delivery of platform capabilities
- Partner with engineers to design and build systems for agent execution, orchestration, lifecycle management, and reliability
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners (product, AI/ML, infrastructure) to define requirements and prioritize investments
- Contribute to technical architecture and design decisions, balancing short-term delivery with long-term scalability
- Establish best practices for code quality, testing, observability, and operational excellence
- Build a strong engineering culture focused on ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Help define and evolve the platform strategy for enabling agent-based applications across the organization
- Manage team health, hiring, performance, and career development
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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