Software Development Engineer

Your work days are brighter here.

At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

About the Team

Do you want to join a fast-paced startup environment, working with modern technology to solve the next generation of complex problems? Would you enjoy the autonomy and agility of an innovative small team while benefiting from the financial strength of a growing market leader named in the Best Companies to Work For by Fortune?

If so, we are looking for a Software Engineer who is passionate about building scalable applications in frequent collaboration and iteration with architects and engineers. Our organization is proving out new ways of building upon a next generation platform to support next generation applications. Our goal is to ship an entirely new product to Workday customers, and then the sky's the limit! Could this be you? If so, read on.

About the Role

We are seeking highly motivated candidates to scale and thrive alongside other seasoned engineers. You will be responsible for building out capabilities that will help define the future architecture of a new Workday application. You will take on the challenge of building and executing on the product and technical vision, proving out sophisticated designs and scaling it to meet growing business needs while minimizing operational cost.
 

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the design of Workday’s future applications

• Write code, develop tools, and perform other software engineering tasks vital to prove out the architecture, in an iterative, agile environment

• Be able to adapt quickly, yet generate high quality output, knowing that iteration is a meaningful aspect of our development process

• Document design and code for maintainability

• Collaborate on how to best deploy and operationalize selected technologies at scale

• Contribute ideas for continually improving the team's efficiency, job satisfaction, and code quality

• Collaborate with architects, principal engineers and technical product managers to analyze functional requirements, devise architecture designs that provide real scalability, low latency, and high availability

• Be an enthusiast of our technologies and products. Influence and collaborate across functional teams in coming together towards a common business goal and data architecture

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years experience with software development

• 3+ years of experience in programming applying one or more of the following: Java, JavaScript, C#

• You have experience taking a leadership role in projects that span multiple teams, deliver on-time while working in a fast paced agile environment

• You have a strong software engineering background and a proven track record of delivering high quality products at scale into production.

• You are comfortable working alongside our product and architecture organizations to clarify and prune requirements, delivering value incrementally and frequently

• You have the ability to balance priorities and make the right tradeoffs in feature content and timely delivery of features, while ensuring customer success and technology leadership for the company

Bonus Qualifications

• Deep appreciation of application development issues at enterprise level, specifically, large number of developers working together on the same application

• Familiarity with GraphQL, REST APIs, 

• Familiarity with cloud native tooling, primarily AWS

• Experience with Frontend Development - React/Typescript

• Knowledge of Workday Architecture

• Knowledge of functional programming

• Excellent verbal and written communication

Our Approach to Flexible Work
 

With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!