Senior Software Engineer, DBaas - US Federal

Workday • Reston, VA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Your work days are brighter here. We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too. About the Team The Database Engineering Team at Workday, designs, builds, develops, maintains, and supervises database infrastructure and ensuring that the entire Workday’s Data related needs are met with dedication and scale, while providing high availability that our customers expect from Workday. We are a fast paced and diverse team of database specialists and software engineers responsible for designing, automating, managing and running the databases on Private and Public Cloud Platforms. We are looking for individuals who have strong experience in backend development specializing in database as a service with deep experience in Open Source database technologies like MySQL, PostgreSQL, CloudSQL and other Cloud Native database technologies. You must be adaptable, flexible and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in designing, developing and managing enterprise level database systems with complex interdependencies and key focus on high-availability, clustering, security, performance, and scalability requirements. About the Role Are you passionate about database technologies? Do you love to solve complex, large-scale database challenges in the world today using code and as a service? If yes, then read on! This position is responsible for architecting, designing, developing and managing DBaaS service for Workday Database Infrastructure. Design and develop APIs to improve the availability, scalability, and performance of databases running on multiple clouds. Write APIs and develop dashboards to measure database KPIs. Keeps observability as a focus for all database monitoring and improve/implement auto remediation techniques. Provide support for large scale database instances across production, non-production and development environments Serve in an on-call rotation supporting database infrastructure Partner with service and performance teams for continuous architecture improvements, resiliency, and performance.

Requirements

• 8+ years experience in designing/developing/automating and managing mission critical production workloads on MySQL, PostgreSQL, CloudSQL and other Cloud native databases.
• 4+ years of experience in backend development using modern programming languages (Golang, Python, Java) including Architecture, Design and Development
• 4+ years hands-on experience in Cloud hyperscalers AWS , Google Cloud and/or Microsoft Azure
• 4+ years experience managing clustered, highly-available database services deployed on different flavors of Linux
• Minimum 5+ years working experience in modern DevOps technologies and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), service deployment, monitoring and scaling.
• Familiarity with AWS Gov Cloud

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of automation tools such as Terraform, Chef and Ansible.
• Familiarity with tools such as Ceph Storage, Gluster, Orchestrator for MySQL, Percona MHA, Percona Galera, Vitess, Pure Storage
• Experience with database architecture, design, replication, clustering, HA/DR
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Self-starter, highly motivated and ability to learn quickly.
• Excellent team player with extraordinary written & verbal communication skills.
• BS/MS degree in computer science.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop APIs to improve the availability, scalability, and performance of databases running on multiple clouds.
• Write APIs and develop dashboards to measure database KPIs.
• Keeps observability as a focus for all database monitoring and improve/implement auto remediation techniques.
• Provide support for large scale database instances across production, non-production and development environments
• Serve in an on-call rotation supporting database infrastructure
• Partner with service and performance teams for continuous architecture improvements, resiliency, and performance.

Benefits

• As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants.
• For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here .
• Workday pay ranges vary based on work location.
• With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote.
• Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work.
• Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees