Sr. Software Development Engineer - Agentic System

Workday•Vancouver, BC

2d•CA$140,000 - CA$210,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Workday is seeking a Sr. Software Development Engineer to join their Data Cloud organization. This team is focused on building on the semantic platform to enable agentic access to the Workday Data Cloud. The mission is to accelerate agent development and provide a frictionless experience for agents to interact with federated data sources. In this role, you will spearhead engineering efforts to build agentic capabilities on a platform that enables internal and external agents to interact seamlessly with the Workday Data Cloud through a robust semantic layer and MCP server framework. As a senior engineer, you will be responsible for delivering mission-critical capabilities that meet rigorous functional and quality requirements on schedule. You will also drive engineering efforts to architect and evaluate the effectiveness and accuracy of the agents.

Requirements

8+ years experience in software development engineering, architecting, building, and scaling robust and efficient software systems.
5+ years hands on experience delivering Machine Learning or Agent systems from experimentation, implementation, validation and monitoring.
Expert in Machine Learning or Data Science, familiar with Agent frameworks and design patterns.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
Strong understanding of development lifecycles for projects utilizing programming languages and frameworks like Scala, Python, PyTorch, LangChain, etc.
Strong ability in Algorithmic Thinking to design and optimize solutions for complex ML and Agentic systems.
Solid experience with API Development, and experience in designing and building MCP server.
Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Design principles and their application in designing scalable software architectures.
Proven ability to lead Team Collaboration within a software development team.
Strong skills in verbal and written communications.

Responsibilities

Spearhead the engineering efforts to build agentic capabilities on a platform that enables internal and external agents to interact seamlessly with the Workday Data Cloud through a robust semantic layer and MCP server framework.
Deliver mission-critical capabilities that meet rigorous functional and quality requirements on schedule.
Drive the engineering effort to architect and evaluate the effectiveness and accuracy of the agents.
Mentor junior engineers.