Software Development Engineer - UI Platform

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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.

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About the Team

We’re a platform-focused engineering team, responsible for the core services that power the user experience at Workday. Our scope includes modern Java and Spring Boot services, a high-performance NGINX-based static asset delivery system, and robust CI/CD pipelines built with GitHub Actions. We own our services end-to-end—from design and implementation to deployment, observability, and continuous improvement.

Our impact goes beyond our own services. We collaborate with engineering teams across the company to improve their service reliability, scalability, and performance. Whether it’s enhancing observability, enabling self-service deployment, or improving automation workflows, we help teams ship better software, faster.

Join us if you're excited about building services and infrastructure that impact thousands of developers and millions of users.

About the Role

As a Software Engineer on the Platform Health team, you’ll design, build, and support backend services and infrastructure that are foundational to our development ecosystem. You'll work on Java services, enhance NGINX-based delivery systems, and develop CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions. You'll also contribute to platform-wide efforts that improve scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.

This role involves a balance of hands-on coding, systems design, and collaboration across engineering teams. You’ll play a key role in enabling other developers to ship high-quality software efficiently and safely. As part of our commitment to service ownership, this role includes participation in a paid on-call rotation to support the systems you help build.

About You

You’re a seasoned developer who enjoys building tools and systems that help others succeed. You’re comfortable working across the stack, thrive in cross-functional environments, and take pride in creating reliable, maintainable services.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years building backend services with Java and Spring Boot.
• 1+ year of experience in writing and debugging Bash scripts on Linux-based systems.
• 1+ of practical experience developing automation or deployment scripts using Python.

Other Qualifications

• Proven track record of containerizing and deploying applications using Docker in production environments.
• Hands-on experience configuring and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.
• Background in configuring NGINX for static content delivery or enhancing functionality using Lua (e.g., via OpenResty).
• Familiar with observability tooling such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, or the ELK stack.
• Exposure to managing CI/CD workflows for static assets or frontend build pipelines.
• Experience contributing to improvements in system reliability, scalability, or performance.
• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure and services across AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Understanding of asynchronous processing and fault-tolerant service patterns, including retries and circuit breakers.
• Experience supporting internal platform tools or developer self-service systems.
• Strong written communication skills and t