Software Development Engineer - Workday Everywhere

About the role

The Software Engineer on Workday Everywhere plays a crucial role in building and shipping end-to-end features that customers use in their daily work. They collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to design, implement, and test solutions. Additionally, they provide technical leadership and mentorship to the broader team.

Responsibilities include:

• Solving complex problems related to performance, scalability, and resilience
• Collaborating with product management and engineering peers to thoroughly design, build, and test comprehensive product features
• Providing technical and architectural leadership and guidance to the team
• Continuously testing, refactoring, and maintaining code
• Writing robust, maintainable code, and refactoring to ensure quality and efficiency
• Building and enhancing our core infrastructure and platform
• Driving system improvements and elevating the overall developer experience
• Actively participating in and driving code reviews
• Mentoring other engineers through pairing, code reviews, and knowledge sharing
• Cross-collaborating with other teams and members across the organization

Requirements

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of work experience in Software Engineering
• 2+ years of work experience in both front-end and back-end engineering
• 1+ years of work experience in JavaScript and/or TypeScript code

Software Development Engineer:

• 5+ years of work experience in Software Engineering
• 3+ years of work experience with JavaScript and/or TypeScript code
• 3+ years of work experience in both front-end and back-end engineering
• 3+ years of experience with AWS or similar public cloud environments (e.g., GCP, Azure), including deploying, monitoring, and maintaining applications in these environments
• 3+ years of working experience in DevOps principles and Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g. CDK and Terraform)
• Experience in a senior technical role, mentoring others and communicating trade-offs of different technical approaches
• Hands on experience building integrations or skills/actions for AI assistants or agentic platforms
• Hands on experience with agent standards and protocols such as MCP and A2A protocols

Preferred Qualifications:

• Writing quality and well tested code excites you
• Strong belief in automation and experience building CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins/Github Actions
• Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
• Experience with writing production quality code in TypeScript
• Experience designing and building APIs (REST and/or GraphQL)
• Experience with server-to-server system integrations (e.g., OAuth, REST APIs)
• A consistent record of delivering several production-quality applications, and experience maintaining and supporting them in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communicator that can drive technical and strategic discussions with extended organization
• A desire to think deeply about user experience and provide feedback on design and UX to create intuitive workflows
• Familiarity with monitoring/operational tools (Datadog, CloudWatch, Grafana)
• Experience with Azure, Google Workspace, and/or Salesforce administration
• Experience with event-driven systems (pub/sub, queues, webhooks)
• Experience with Workday tenant configuration (security and business process setup)
• Experience with Workday’s XO language and OMS/event flows

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of work experience in Software Engineering
• 2+ years of work experience in both front-end and back-end engineering
• 1+ years of work experience in JavaScript and/or TypeScript code

Software Development Engineer:

• 5+ years of work experience in Software Engineering
• 3+ years of work experience with JavaScript and/or TypeScript code
• 3+ years of work experience in both front-end and back-end engineering
• 3+ years of experience with AWS or similar public cloud environments (e.g., GCP, Azure), including deploying, monitoring, and maintaining applications in these environments
• 3+ years of working experience in DevOps principles and Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g. CDK and Terraform)
• Experience in a senior technical role, mentoring others and communicating trade-offs of different technical approaches
• Hands on experience building integrations or skills/actions for AI assistants or agentic platforms
• Hands on experience with agent standards and protocols such as MCP and A2A protocols

Preferred Qualifications:

• Writing quality and well tested code excites you
• Strong belief in automation and experience building CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins/Github Actions
• Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
• Experience with writing production quality code in TypeScript
• Experience designing and building APIs (REST and/or GraphQL)
• Experience with server-to-server system integrations (e.g., OAuth, REST APIs)
• A consistent record of delivering several production-quality applications, and experience maintaining and supporting them in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communicator that can drive technical and strategic discussions with extended organization
• A desire to think deeply about user experience and provide feedback on design and UX to create intuitive workflows
• Familiarity with monitoring/operational tools (Datadog, CloudWatch, Grafana)
• Experience with Azure, Google Workspace, and/or Salesforce administration
• Experience with event-driven systems (pub/sub, queues, webhooks)
• Experience with Workday tenant configuration (security and business process setup)
• Experience with Workday’s XO language and OMS/event flows

Pay

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants.

Schedule

The Software Engineer on Workday Everywhere is expected to spend at least 50% of the time in-person at a Workday office location.

Benefits

Workday offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. For more information, please visit our benefits page.

Contact

If you have any questions about the role or the application process, please contact us at careers@workday.com.