Workday

Machine Learning Engineer - Payroll

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1 day ago
Pleasanton, CA, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$136k - $240k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop data- and AI-driven solutions for enterprise payroll products.
  • Explore, prepare, transform, and model large-scale HR and Payroll datasets.
  • Design, build, evaluate, and improve machine learning models, prompts, and frameworks.
  • Partner with product managers, software engineers, and data scientists to move applied ML capabilities from concept through production.
  • Apply machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, generative AI, and AI-agent approaches to payroll challenges.
  • Contribute to scalable, reliable, high-quality, and responsible model development practices.
  • Learn payroll domain concepts and build practical, trusted customer solutions.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience as part of a data science, machine learning, or software development team.
  • 3+ years of experience using Python and machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
  • 3+ years of experience with large-scale datasets, including data modeling, feature development, or data transformation.
  • 3+ years of experience building, evaluating, or productizing machine learning models or algorithms.
  • Experience with model selection, data preparation, training, evaluation, feature engineering, experimentation, performance analysis, deployment, monitoring, and iterative improvement.
  • Experience with deep learning, natural language processing, generative AI, distributed training, model hosting, or multi-agent AI systems.
  • Experience bringing applied machine learning products from design through production.
  • Ability to collaborate across product management, software engineering, and data science teams and explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical partners.
  • Interest in learning HR and Payroll data, processes, and customer needs.
  • An advanced degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field is preferred.

Benefits

  • Annualized base salary ranges from $136,200 USD to $240,000 USD across listed U.S. locations, with the primary Pleasanton range of $160,000 USD to $240,000 USD; the role may also be eligible for bonuses and annual refresh stock grants.
  • Flexible work arrangement requiring at least 50% of each quarter in the office or in the field, with remote home-office roles also able to gather in company offices.
  • Workday provides comprehensive benefits and reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants.

Tech Stack

PythonPyTorchTensorFlow

Categories

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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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