Workday

Sr. SDET Engineer

Workday$160K — $240K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of hands-on coding and scripting experience in automation, focusing on Java.
  • 4+ years of building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Github, Bitbucket).
  • Proficient in delivering unit, integration, and system-level tests to ensure code quality.
  • Experience in crafting test strategies for both platform and feature-focused teams.
  • Skilled in designing and implementing automation frameworks from scratch.
  • Familiar with modern automation tools such as Selenium, TestNG, Playwright, and Cucumber.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and integration technologies (RESTful APIs, message queues).

Responsibilities

  • Ensure reliability and quality of the platform through rigorous testing.
  • Collaborate closely with development engineers and managers to deliver dependable functionalities.
  • Streamline UI development services and build effective developer tools and automation processes.
  • Contribute to automation testing, performance tuning, and CI pipeline improvements.
  • Mentor teammates via pair programming and code reviews, fostering a collaborative learning environment.

Benefits

  • Flexible work schedule that allows for a mix of in-person and remote work.
  • Opportunities for professional development through pair programming and knowledge-sharing sessions.
  • Participation in the Workday Bonus Plan and potential annual stock grants.
  • A diverse and inclusive team environment that values continuous improvement and collaboration.
Full Job Description

About the Team

We are a diverse team, that builds and handles the CI/CD pipelines for authentication and security features, ensuring that code changes are efficiently tested, and deployed. Our primary focus is on maintaining stability, improving automation, and encouraging continuous improvement to empower security teams to deliver features more rapidly and with greater assurance.

About the Role

Join our team as a Sr. SDET Engineer (P4) and play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability and quality of our platform. You will work closely with development engineers, product and engineering managers to deliver reliable functionality for our platform. You will help streamline UI development core services and build a cohesive set of developer tools and automation. You will contribute to test automation, performance improvements, test stabilization and improve our continuous integration pipeline. Mentor and learn from other team members through pair programming, code reviews, brown bag sessions, etc.

About You

Basic Qualification

  • 8+ years of proven experience delivering hands-on coding and scripting using modern languages in automation, with a focus on Java.
  • 4+ years of experience building CI/CD pipelines, ensuring robust and stable build pipeline systems (Jenkins, Github, Bitbucket)
  • Champion code quality relentlessly by reviewing code, delivering reliable unit, integration, and system-level tests that run on our platform.
  • Experience in crafting test strategies and automation for platform as well as feature focused teams.
  • Experience in designing and implementing scalable, robust, and performant automation frameworks from the ground up.
  • Proficiency in modern automation tools and technologies; experience with Selenium, TestNG, Playwright, Cucumber.
  • Improve platform scalability by implementing effective performance and load testing strategies.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) for deploying and testing applications.
  • Experience with integration technologies (e.g., RESTful APIs, message queues).
  • Proven collaboration skills with product management, engineering team, and other collaborators to ensure quality throughout the application development.

Other Qualifications:

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Experience in cross team quality partnerships.
  • Passionate about learning & exploring new technologies & tools.


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 candidate9s 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 Workday9s comprehensive benefits, please .

Primary Location: USA.CA.PleasantonPrimary Location Base Pay Range: $160,200 USD - $240,200 USD


Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $133,000 USD - $240,200 USD



Our Approach to Flexible Work

With Flex Work, we9re 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 you9ll 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 4home office4 roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

About Workday

Workday, Inc. is a provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources. The Company delivers financial management, human capital management and analytics applications designed for various companies, educational institutions and government agencies. As part of its applications, the Company provides embedded analytics that capture the content and context of everyday business events, facilitating informed decision-making from wherever users are working. Its applications include Workday Financial Management, Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) and Other Applications. It also provides open, standards-based Web-services application programming interfaces, and pre-built packaged integrations and connectors. Workday, Inc. is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.
Learn more about Workday
Size
15,932 employees
Market Cap
$42.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$282.4 million
Founded
2005
5 Year Trend
+26.7%
Revenue
$4.3 billion
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