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

Join our Web Services Frameworks team, which globally-spans across Dublin, Ireland and Pleasanton, US! We are passionate about enabling Workday developers to build, publish, and maintain SOAP and REST APIs for their product areas. We value innovation, teamwork, and a strong sense of ownership. We believe that mistakes are invaluable opportunities for growth, and we continuously learn from them to improve.

About the Role

Do what you love. Love what you do.

At Workday, we help the world’s largest organizations adapt to what’s next by bringing finance, HR, and planning into a single enterprise cloud. We work hard, and we’re serious about what we do. But we like to have fun too. We put people first, celebrate diversity, drive innovation, and do good in the communities where we live and work.
 

What does a Software Development Engineer do at Workday?

• Designs and implements elegant, scalable and performant features and components in a team-oriented environment
• Delivers high quality, well thought-out features that keep Workday's application developers in mind
• Collaborates with team members by white-boarding and working through ideas with constructive recommendations from the rest of the team and vice-versa
• Shares knowledge via mentoring, reviews and technical discussions
• Introduces the team to new technologies, frameworks, and points of view

Our Tech Stack

• Java/JUnit
• XpressO (Workday proprietary)

About You

Are you passionate about Web APIs? Are you interested in building the future framework to support Workday's SOAP and REST offerings? Do you consider yourself an advocate on the subject of Web APIs? Do you like sharing knowledge with your peers and inspiring creativity within your team? Do you enjoy attending meetups, hackathons and Dev Conferences? Then you sound like an ideal candidate to apply to our role with the Workday Web Services Frameworks team!

Basic Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience with object-oriented design and experience programming with Java
• 3+ years of experience with standard development tools and processes: source control, IDEs, frameworks, JUnit tests, debugging, issue trackers (e.g., JIRA), code review tools, pipeline testing, etc.
• 1+ year(s) of experience of using or implementing REST APIs
• Demonstrated experience delivering projects by leveraging curiosity and collaboration in feature design
• Proven ability to share knowledge via formal mentoring, reviewing code, reviewing design docs, giving technical talks, teaching classes, or as a project consultant
• Competence in communicating design ideas cohesively using UML and presentations
• Ability to ask “what can I do to help?” to propel the team or technology forward without prompting

Other Qualifications

• 1+ year of experience with other Web Services technologies (SOAP, XML/Schema, WSDL, XSLT, SAX, etc.)
• BS or higher degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

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!