Software Development Engineer

Your work days are brighter here.

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.

About the Team

The Data Platform and Observability team is based in Pleasanton, CA; Boston, MA and Dublin, Ireland. We enable real time insights across Workday’s platforms, infrastructure, and applications. Our focus is on the development of a large-scale distributed data platform to support mission critical Workday applications.

The team provides software for collection, ingestion, storage & visualization of critical data assets. We handle 1000s of terabytes of data in the form of billions of messages produced daily by Workday applications and underlying services. If you enjoy writing efficient software or tuning and scaling large distributed systems, you will enjoy working with us.

Do you want to work on using Workday’s vast computing resources with its rich and extensive datasets? To work with world class engineers and facilitate the development of the Observability data platform? If so, we should chat.

About the Role

This team will be designing and building critical Data Platform services. You will build data capture and collection services using the latest technologies, as well as, designing and developing core software modules used to build real-time and batch data processing.

Responsibilities also include building Metrics ingestion pipeline, Alert definitions, and automation for Dashboard lifecycle. You will be building Infrastructural components and deploying it in production and working with all aspects of observability with a keen eye for data quality, data integrity and data availability. You will evaluate/implement new open source and cloud native tools and technologies, as needed.

**This role will require participation in the on-call rotation supporting the monitoring platform.

About You

Are you a Software Development Engineer with a drive for excellence, seeking an exceptional engineering opportunity? Look no further! Workday, is currently searching for an individual who demonstrates exceptional work behaviors to join our premier engineering team.

Basic Qualifications:

• BS/MS in Computer Science or a related technical field
• 3+ years coding using Java, Python or Go and be able to design systems that meet the business needs.
• Experience with DevOps Tools/Practices
• Knowledge and understanding of any flavor of Kubernetes
• Fluency with Linux

Other Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal, technical and communication skills
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment 
• Experience with Infrastructure
• 4+ years of experience in building high performance data ingestion software and solving for concurrency, latency and efficiency.
• Strong software engineering background and a consistent track record of delivering high quality products at scale structure
• Automation experience (Ansible, Chef, Terraform)
• Experience with Observability services: like Monitoring, Logging, Alerting and Tracing (ELK stack or Prometheus, etc.)

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below.  Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please