Software Development Engineer - Workday Everywhere

Workday•Boulder, CO

4d•$123,900 - $222,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Workday is seeking a Software Engineer for the Workday Everywhere team. This role involves building and shipping end-to-end features used by millions of customers in their daily work, focusing on integrations with platforms like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and emerging AI agentic platforms. The team operates at enterprise scale, collaborating across product, platform, and integrations. Responsibilities include solving complex problems related to performance, scalability, and resilience; partnering with product management and engineering peers; providing technical and architectural leadership; continuously testing, refactoring, and maintaining code; writing robust, maintainable code; building and enhancing core infrastructure and platform; driving system improvements; elevating the developer experience; participating in code reviews; mentoring other engineers; and cross-collaborating with other teams. The role fosters a collaborative environment where ideas for improving team productivity, job enjoyment, and code quality are valued, with an emphasis on engineering software that makes a real impact.

Requirements

5+ 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 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

Solving complex problems related to performance, scalability, and resilience
Collaborating with product management and engineering peers to thoroughly design, build, and test comprehensive product features
Providing technical and architectural leadership and guidance to the team
Continuously testing, refactoring, and maintaining code
Writing robust, maintainable code, and refactoring to ensure quality and efficiency
Building and enhancing our core infrastructure and platform
Driving system improvements and elevating the overall developer experience
Actively participating in and driving code reviews
Mentoring other engineers through pairing, code reviews, and knowledge sharing
Cross-collaborating with other teams and members across the organization