Description
We’re Workday, a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents. As a Software Development Engineer on our Data Platform and Observability team, you will empower real-time insights across Workday's platforms, infrastructure, and applications.
About the Role This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which, due to federal government security requirements, mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native).
You will use Workday's vast computing resources and extensive datasets to collaborate with world-class engineers to build and evolve our Observability data platform.
Role & Responsibilities
- Design, build, and enhance critical Observability services, including Monitoring, Logging, Alerting, and Tracing.
- Develop data capture and collection services using pioneering technologies across diverse infrastructure environments (Kubernetes, OpenStack, Bare Metal, etc.).
- Design and develop core software modules for real-time and batch data processing.
- Construct Metrics ingestion pipelines, Alert definitions, and automation for Dashboard lifecycle management.
- Build and deploy infrastructure components in production environments.
- Champion all aspects of observability with a focus on data quality, integrity, and availability.
- Evaluate and implement new open-source and cloud-native tools and technologies as needed.
- Participate in the on-call rotation to support the observability platform.
- Manage and optimize Workday within the air-gapped U.S. AWS cloud regions, forming the core of the team responsible for this mission. Collaborate closely with our commercial software engineering teams responsible for the overall Workday platform.
- Partner with the Workday Federal Cyber Defense team to ensure security operations, cybersecurity posture, governance, risk, compliance, and platform security health.
About You
- BS/MS in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Strong software engineering background with a proven track record of delivering high-quality products at scale.
- Exceptional coding skills (Java, Python; Go is a plus) and the ability to design systems that meet business needs.
- Solid understanding of high-performance data capture and collection systems, API design, and reliable data delivery.
- Good understanding of Time-Series Databases and Log collection and management.
- Good knowledge and understanding of Kubernetes.
- 4 + years of experience building high-performance data ingestion software, addressing concurrency, latency, and efficiency challenges.
- Excellent interpersonal, technical, and communication skills.
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Fluency in Linux.
- Experience with Infrastructure Automation (Ansible, Chef, Terraform).
Benefits
- Annualized base salary ranges: $137,000 USD - $205,400 USD (primary location), $123,900 USD - $222,000 USD (additional US locations)
- Eligible for Workday Bonus Plan or role-specific commission/bonus
- Annual refresh stock grants
- Comprehensive benefits
Work-Life Balance
- Flexible work arrangements: spend at least half (50%) of your time each quarter in the office or in the field