About the Team
It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they're doing. At Workday, we're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business of enterprise applications. We work hard, and we're serious about what we do. But we like to have a good time, too. In fact, we run our company with that principle in mind every day: One of our core values is fun.
Would you like to be part of an innovative, agile force architecting intelligent agents that will revolutionize our customers' workday? Join the Data Management & Enrichment team, where we're pioneering data ingestion, surfacing, and retrieval products to deliver ML focused products.
About the Role
In this role, you will contribute to the ingestion, discoverability, governance, derivation, and serving of data for Workday's Classic Machine Learning and agentic initiatives. You'll be working hands-on with technologies like Python, Spark, AWS Infra, Kafka, Terraform/Kubernetes, and Iceberg.
About You
You are a highly motivated and skilled Software engineer with a passion for data engineering and machine learning. You strive to apply technology to drive real impact on Workday's business initiatives. You thrive in a collaborative environment, working closely with your colleagues to deliver innovative solutions. You possess excellent communication skills, actively listening to understand different perspectives and effectively conveying technical ideas. You are eager to contribute to a high-performing team and are driven to continuously learn and grow in the ever-evolving world of Distributed Systems, Data Engineering, and Machine Learning.
Basic Qualifications - Senior Software Engineer (Required)
7+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Distributed Systems or a related field
4+ years proficiency in at least two of the following programming languages: Java, Scala, Python
4+ years in data engineering or related field(s)
Working knowledge of cloud-based infrastructure and managed services (AWS, GCP)
Experience with at least one of these data engineering technologies: Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg, Apache Avro, Apache Kafka, Apache Flink
Basic Qualifications - Software Engineer III (Required)
5+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Distributed Systems or a related field
4+ years proficiency in at least two of the following programming languages: Java, Scala, Python
4+ years in data engineering or related field(s)
Working knowledge of cloud-based infrastructure and managed services (AWS, GCP)
Experience with at least one of these data engineering technologies: Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg, Apache Avro, Apache Kafka, Apache Flink
Other Qualifications:
BSc or MSc in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or equivalent experienceExperience in delivering a service from writing code to deploying in production: continuous integration (Jenkins), virtualization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes, Terraform)
Experience creating scalable service endpoints to retrieve data
Track record of working with logging, monitoring, metrics, stats technologies, such as: Grafana, Prometheus, Kibana, Hive, etc
Proficient collaborating with teammates to design, maintain and improve sophisticated object-oriented software following clean code standard methodology
A testing/quality approach - unit, system/integration and end-to-end testing, TDD, feature toggles, and canary deployments
Exposure to operating system concepts covering memory and storage, threading and concurrency, networking and sockets, and process management
An understanding and experience with topics related to performance and scale, security, availability, deployment and operations
Experience being responsible for a service in production with experience of production triage and on-call.
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 .
Primary Location: USA.CA.PleasantonPrimary Location Base Pay Range: $176,000 USD - $264,000 USD
Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $148,200 USD - $264,000 USD
Additional Considerations:
If performed in Colorado, the pay range for this job is $156,000 - $234,000 USD based on min and max pay range for that role if performed in CO.
The application deadline for this role is the same as the posting end date stated as below:
09/03/2026
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.
