Senior Software Development Engineer - Workday Everywhere

Workday•Vancouver, BC

2d•CA$140,000 - CA$210,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Workday is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Workday Everywhere team. This role involves building and shipping end-to-end features for integrations with platforms like Slack and Microsoft Teams, as well as emerging AI agentic platforms. The team works at enterprise scale, connecting Workday products to external collaboration and AI platforms, operating at the intersection of product, platform, and integrations. The engineer will collaborate across teams to deliver consistent experiences across multiple surfaces, work on new features, end-to-end experiences, and ensure system reliability and performance. The team fosters a collaborative environment that values ideas for improving productivity, job enjoyment, and code quality, while maintaining a sustainable pace. Workmates are expected to spend at least 50% of their time in-person at a Workday office location.

Requirements

8+ years of work experience in Software Engineering
3+ years of work experience with Javascript and/or Typescript code
3+ years of work experience in both front-end and back-end engineering
3+ years of experience with AWS or similar public cloud environments (e.g., GCP, Azure), including deploying, monitoring, and maintaining applications in these environments
3+ years of working experience in DevOps principles and Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g. CDK and Terraform)
Experience in a senior technical role, mentoring others and communicating trade-offs of different technical approaches
Hands-on experience building integrations or skills/actions for AI assistants or agentic platforms
Hands-on experience with agent standards and protocols such as MCP and A2A protocols

Nice To Haves

Writing quality and well-tested code excites you
Strong belief in automation and experience building CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins/Github Actions
Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
Experience with writing production-quality code in TypeScript
Experience designing and building APIs (REST and/or GraphQL)
Experience with server-to-server system integrations (e.g., OAuth, REST APIs)
A consistent record of delivering several production-quality applications, and experience maintaining and supporting them in a fast-paced environment
Strong communicator that can drive technical and strategic discussions with the extended organization
A desire to think deeply about user experience and provide feedback on design and UX to create intuitive workflows
Familiarity with monitoring/operational tools (Datadog, CloudWatch, Grafana)
Experience with Azure, Google Workspace, and/or Salesforce administration is a plus
Experience with event-driven systems (pub/sub, queues, webhooks) is a plus
Experience with Workday tenant configuration (security and business process setup) is a plus
Experience with Workday’s XO language and OMS/event flows is a plus

Responsibilities

Help build and ship end-to-end features that customers use in their daily work.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the broader team.
Partner closely with product and engineering teams to design, implement, and test solutions.
Keep systems reliable, performant, and scalable as the company grows.
Foster a collaborative environment where ideas for improving team productivity, job enjoyment, and code quality are highly valued.
Solve complex problems related to performance, scalability, and resilience.
Collaborate with product management and engineering peers to thoroughly design, build, and test comprehensive product features.
Provide technical and architectural leadership and guidance to the team.
Continuously test, refactor, and maintain code.
Write robust, maintainable code, and refactor to ensure quality and efficiency.
Build and enhance core infrastructure and platform.
Drive system improvements and elevate the overall developer experience.
Actively participate in and drive code reviews.
Mentor other engineers through pairing, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.
Cross-collaborate with other teams and members across the organization.