# Senior Engineer

**Company**: Workday
**Location**: Pleasanton, CA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $190,100 USD - $285,100 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://workday.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Workday/job/USA-CA-Pleasanton/Senior-Software-Development-Engineer_JR-0111364?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

We’re Workday, a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents. We're looking for a Senior Engineer to join our Platform Engineering organization.

**About the Role** As a Senior Engineer, you will lead the architecture, design, and implementation of complex enterprise systems. You will serve as a technical anchor,balancing hands-on engineering with technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and team mentorship.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Design and build scalable, high-performance software components that embed cleanly into larger frameworks.

- Gather requirements and define overall system architecture to ensure optimal user experience and system reliability.

- Partner with engineering management and product managers to clarify requirements, set technical direction, and prioritize development efforts.

- Support release planning by assessing effort, risks, and priorities.

- Collaborate with peers on technical designs, task estimation, and feature execution in a fast-paced Agile environment.

- Perform thorough peer code reviews, champion continuous integration/testing practices, and maintain reliable task and bug management within every sprint.

- Stay current with emerging technologies, tools, and industry trends.

- Propose and execute prototype/proof-of-concept projects to solve complex platform challenges.

- Actively mentor junior and mid-level developers to grow their technical expertise.

- Serve as an advocate for platform technologies by communicating new capabilities across cross-functional teams.

**Basic Qualifications**

- 8+ years of professional experience in Object-Oriented Design and Programming (OOD/OOP).

- Fluency in Java and strong proficiency in applying core design patterns and architecture paradigms.

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

**Preferred Qualifications & Attributes**

- Demonstrated experience using a disciplined, methodical approach to building modular, layered software.

- Ability to effectively communicate architectural designs (e.g., via UML or clear technical documentation).

- Hands-on experience across the complete software development lifecycle, including source control, requirement specs, unit/system testing, performance testing, and design reviews.

- Proven track record of leading technical initiatives that span multiple teams, delivering high-quality software on schedule in Agile environments.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of effectively partnering with Product Management to refine and focus feature scopes.

**Salary Information** The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. Primary Location: USA.CA.Pleasanton Primary Location Base Pay Range: $190,100 USD - $285,100 USD Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $160,100 USD - $285,100 USD

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## Skills

### Required
- Object-Oriented Design
- Programming (OOD/OOP)
- Java

### Nice to have
- UML
- Agile environments
- software development lifecycle

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