Workday seeks a software development engineer to drive the development and modernization of new platform capabilities, focusing on enhancing UI Platform backend services. This role will improve the test posture, security, resiliency, and reliability of our backend services to support Workday's continued growth.
Requirements
- 5+ years of coding experience with server-side development utilizing Java/Kotlin as the primary language and exposure to related technologies like Spring
- 3+ years implementing and understanding Object-Oriented Programming and common design patterns (MVC, Inversion of Control, Event-driven systems)
- 3+ years using CI/CD & DevOps Tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions
- Demonstrated ability to build robust, well-tested code using a test-first approach
- Proficient with regression and performance testing to ensure application stability, scalability, and reliability
- Knowledge of application performance monitoring and key observability principles
- Familiar with the development challenges inherent with highly scalable and available web applications
Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely with our software engineering teams responsible for the UI platform
- Collaborate across teams to ensure robust, scalable, testable, and efficient solutions
- Produce high quality, reliable and maintainable code to build libraries/frameworks
- driving backend platform engineering innovation and modernization by helping improve release confidence, develop new capabilities, strategic architectural improvements, and reducing operational costs.
Other
- Take ownership of deliverables from end to end, including requirements, design, implementation, and test
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey technical information to a wide variety of audiences
- Team Collaboration: Excellent ability to work efficiently within a team, contributing to shared goals and encouraging a collaborative environment.
- spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field
- Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
