Workday

Sr. Software Development Engineer

Workday
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1 day ago
Pleasanton, CA, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$176k - $264k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain critical components of Workday’s enterprise messaging and email platform.
  • Develop and scale multi-channel messaging services, templates, and email deliverability infrastructure.
  • Build and operate high-performing, resilient, secure, and testable distributed services.
  • Evaluate technologies, integrate third-party messaging and email providers, build prototypes, and optimize email throughput and deliverability.
  • Collaborate with Product Management, Design, Security, and engineering teams on high-quality email capabilities.
  • Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and engineering practice development.
  • Mentor junior engineers and help shape the technical direction of messaging services.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of related software engineering experience building and operating high-scale distributed systems and platform services.
  • 5+ years of experience with modern programming languages such as Java, Kotlin, Go, or C++.
  • 5+ years of experience with object-oriented design, REST/gRPC API development, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • 5+ years of experience designing and building scalable distributed systems, including event-driven microservices or messaging platforms.
  • Experience executing feature roadmaps, shaping technical direction, collaborating cross-functionally, writing maintainable code, evaluating trade-offs, and mentoring junior engineers.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills for explaining technical details to peers and collaborators.

Benefits

  • Annualized base salary ranges are $176,000-$264,000 for Pleasanton, California, and $148,200-$264,000 for additional U.S. locations.
  • May be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or role-specific commission/bonus and annual refresh stock grants.
  • Flex Work requires spending at least 50% of each quarter in the office or in the field, with flexibility for remote home-office roles.
  • Workday provides reasonable accommodations and is an equal opportunity employer.

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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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