About the Team
Our engineering team builds, maintains and modernizes the platform capabilities that span the entire development and release lifecycle. The team's portfolio includes core authoring frameworks, test engines, high-concurrency build & commit infrastructure and live system telemetry.

We operate at the intersection of platform, tooling & AI enablement for our large developer community internally. Our team is responsible for scaling our internal agentic AI platform and skills repositories to drive developer productivity, all while ensuring high availability for core delivery operations.

About the Role

As the Director of Software Engineering, Platforms PE, you will lead a global team of ~60 engineers, engineering managers and architects across California, Atlanta, Dublin and Chennai. Reporting directly to the VP of Platforms and based on-site at our HQ in Pleasanton, CA, you will serve as the leader for our global organisation.

In this role you will partner closely with our internal Product Management teams to build an agent-ready developer experience and delivery system. Your core mission is to scale build, test & release infrastructure to support an autonomous agentic development lifecycle.

If you have the following, we want to hear from you:

• A deep understanding of systems engineering, platform reliability & innovation
• A product mindset you bring to engineering & tooling
• Led and scaled a multi-site engineering organization
• Experience with agentic harnesses & AI products/infrastructure deployed in real-world environments
• Proven capability to balance high-growth platform innovation with the systematic deprecation and migration of legacy systems.

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years experience leading and developing senior software development engineering leaders (managers of managers) to build and scale large development organizations.
• 7+ years experience managing software development engineering teams, building high-performing teams and driving software development outcomes.
• 12+ years experience in software development engineering, defining and executing technical strategies for complex software products and platforms.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline; Master's degree preferred or equivalent practical experience.

Other Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience mentoring engineering teams proficient in Java, Python, Go, or C++.
• Experience managing high-throughput CI/CD build engines, Docker/Kubernetes, and AWS/GCP cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP), execution harnesses, and automated PR review or triage systems.
• Proven track record delivering automated testing engines, pipeline orchestration, and system observability frameworks.
• Experience partnering with internal Product Management to operate platform tools as products.
• Background leading, mentoring, and scaling global engineering organizations (~60+ engineers across time zones).
• Ability to align technical strategy and influence cross-functional partners across Product, Security, and Architecture.
• Strong skills delivering clear technical strategy presentations to executive leadership.

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 click here.

Primary Location: USA.CA.Pleasanton

Primary Location Base Pay Range: $244,000 USD - $366,000 USD

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $205,200 USD - $366,000 USD

Our Approach to Flexible Work

With Flex Work, we're combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.



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