Description
We're seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to join our Product Engineering team. You'll help design and build high-throughput, low-latency APIs and backend services that power Workday's next-generation products and agents.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and development of APIs, backend services, and platform features used across Product Engineering.
- Turn product requirements into clear service boundaries, domain models, and well-designed API endpoints.
- Help expose product capabilities through REST, GraphQL, SOAP, and emerging integration patterns.
- Improve performance and scalability through latency optimization, capacity planning, caching, and resiliency patterns.
- Build observability into product APIs , metrics, tracing, logging, and dashboards.
- Support design reviews, code reviews, and technical documentation, and mentor junior and mid-level engineers.
- Participate in on-call and incident response, including root cause analysis and long-term fixes.
Requirements:
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in software development engineering.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in software engineering with hands-on experience in object-oriented modeling and software design concepts.
- Experience designing API endpoints that expose product functionality clearly, consistently, securely, and at scale.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
Nice to Have:
- Skilled in algorithmic thinking, including advanced data structures and algorithms.
- Solid experience with API development, including REST, SOAP, GraphQL, OpenAPI/Swagger-driven design.
- Experience creating API endpoints that map clearly to product functionality, domain concepts, and customer-facing workflows.
- Hands-on experience building and operating large-scale systems with complex product domains.
- In-depth understanding of code testing methodologies and advanced testing tools.
- Practical experience applying domain-driven design concepts and object-oriented modeling.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary ($176,000 - $264,000 USD).
- Annual refresh stock grants.
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Flexible work arrangements , spend at least half (50%) of your time each quarter in the office or in the field.