Workday

Software Development Engineer - ML Ops (US Federal)

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5 days ago
Reston, VA, USASenior
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Base Salary

$148k - $264k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop frameworks, automation, and tooling that improve engineering efficiency and developer self-service.
  • Design, implement, test, document, operate, and maintain distributed systems, applications, frameworks, and software components.
  • Build and deploy scalable ML Runtime inference applications and services using Python, containers, Kubernetes, and related tooling.
  • Develop products and services that streamline developers’ interactions with the ML platform.
  • Work with public clouds, capacity management practices, infrastructure as code, and production container orchestration.
  • Research, evaluate, prototype, and drive adoption of ML tools with reliability and scale in mind.
  • Partner with technical leads, ML engineers, and data scientists to define requirements and deliver end-to-end features.
  • Participate in proactive issue resolution, automation efforts, and rotating on-call support.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional DevOps experience, infrastructure automation, and CI/CD pipeline development for the P3 level, or 7+ years for the P4 level.
  • 5+ years of Python and containerization experience for the P3 level, or 7+ years for the P4 level, including Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a STEM field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Hands-on experience deploying, monitoring, scaling, or operating machine-learning runtime platforms, environments, or inference pipelines alongside ML teams.
  • Experience with Terraform or comparable infrastructure-as-code tooling, Git workflows, and GitOps/CD engines such as ArgoCD or Jenkins.
  • Experience building monitoring, metrics, alerting, and telemetry pipelines using tools such as Grafana or Prometheus.
  • Understanding of distributed systems, SaaS microservices, object-oriented design, and automated unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
  • Technical leadership or mentoring experience is preferred for the P4 level.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance; an active TS/SCI with CI Poly is preferred.
  • U.S. citizenship is required for personnel working on the applicable U.S. federal contracts.

Benefits

  • Flexible work requires spending at least 50% of each quarter in the office or in the field with customers, prospects, and partners.
  • The role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific bonus and annual refresh stock grants.
  • Employees may be required to work on site at client locations in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia area.
  • The position includes rotating on-call participation.
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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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