Software Development Engineer

Workday•Reston, VA

13d•$123,900 - $222,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Workday is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join their Database Engineering Team. This team is responsible for designing, building, developing, maintaining, and supervising database infrastructure to meet Workday's data-related needs with dedication and scale, while providing high availability. The team operates in a fast-paced, diverse environment, focusing on designing, automating, managing, and running databases on Private and Public Cloud Platforms. They are looking for individuals with strong experience in backend development, specializing in database as a service, with deep expertise in Open Source database technologies like MySQL, PostgreSQL, CloudSQL, and other Cloud Native database technologies. Adaptability, flexibility, and the ability to succeed in an open, collaborative peer environment are essential. The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on experience in designing, developing, and managing enterprise-level database systems with complex interdependencies, focusing on high-availability, clustering, security, performance, and scalability requirements.

Requirements

4+ years of 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 of hands-on experience in Cloud hyperscalers AWS, Google Cloud, and/or Microsoft Azure.
4+ years of experience managing clustered, highly-available database services deployed on different flavors of Linux.
Minimum 4+ years of 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

Architecting, designing, developing, and managing DBaaS service for Workday Database Infrastructure.
Designing and developing APIs to improve the availability, scalability, and performance of databases running on multiple clouds.
Writing APIs and developing dashboards to measure database KPIs.
Maintaining a focus on observability for all database monitoring and improving/implementing auto-remediation techniques.
Providing support for large-scale database instances across production, non-production, and development environments.
Serving in an on-call rotation supporting database infrastructure.
Partnering with service and performance teams for continuous architecture improvements, resiliency, and performance.