Workday

Software Development Engineer

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1 day ago
Dublin, IrelandSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, enhance, deploy, and maintain distributed messaging, streaming, caching, and NoSQL services.
  • Develop core software modules, client libraries, SDKs, observability components, alerts, and lifecycle automation.
  • Build and operate infrastructure across Kubernetes, OpenStack, bare metal, private cloud, AWS, and GCP environments.
  • Automate, manage, tune, and optimize hundreds of distributed service clusters for resiliency and operational excellence.
  • Evaluate open-source and cloud-native technologies and support production platforms through an on-call rotation.
  • Lead NoSQL-related products from conception through deployment and maintenance.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience as a Kafka, Redis, or RabbitMQ administrator with cloud platform experience.
  • At least 5 years of software engineering experience using Java, Scala, or Golang.
  • At least 4 years of distributed systems experience.
  • At least 3 years of development and DevOps experience designing and operating large-scale distributed NoSQL and messaging systems.
  • At least 1 year of leading a NoSQL technology product from conception through deployment and maintenance.
  • Experience with distributed systems performance analysis, optimization, open-source service internals, and large-scale deployments.
  • Preferred experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis, Cassandra, Chef, Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, and Linux system internals.
  • Preferred experience supporting EU Sovereign Cloud or other regulated cloud environments, including data residency, compliance, security controls, disaster recovery, and operational resilience.
  • Strong technical project leadership, collaboration, written communication, and ability to explain complex technical details.

Benefits

  • Base salary range for Ireland locations is €72,000–€108,000 EUR, with potential eligibility for a bonus plan, commission or bonus, and annual refresh stock grants.
  • Flexible work model requiring at least 50% of each quarter in the office or in the field, with flexibility for remote home-office roles.
  • Workday provides comprehensive benefits and reasonable accommodations and is an equal opportunity employer.

Tech Stack

Apache CassandraApache KafkaAWSChefGoGoogle Cloud PlatformHelmJavaKubernetesLinuxOpenStackRabbitMQRedisScala

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About Workday

10,000+ employees

Workday builds cloud-based enterprise applications for human capital management and financial management, including payroll, time tracking, expenses, planning, and procurement, sold on a subscription basis with professional services. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Pleasanton, California, it is a public company traded on NASDAQ as WDAY. Organizations worldwide use Workday to unify HR and finance data, automate processes, and apply AI to workforce and financial operations.

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