Sr Software Development Engineer (US Federal)

Workday • McLean, VA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which, due to federal government security requirements, mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native). As a Sr Software Development Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in helping the team to build, run, and deploy large-scale, fault-tolerant systems using Workday's private cloud technology, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years of development experience with building services and tooling in one or multiple languages (e.g. Go, Python, Ruby, Java).
• A minimum of 5 years of SRE/DevOps experience.
• Ability to architect, analyze, and support complex distributed systems

Nice To Haves

• Experience with public Cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications with Kubernetes
• A degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience debugging and optimizing systems and code
• Desire to optimize continuous integration and deployment pipelines
• Skill in automating routine tasks to eliminate toil
• Mentoring and coaching junior engineers to inspire professional growth
• Solid verbal and written communication skills
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills

Responsibilities

• Focus on the scalability, availability, automation, performance and security of distributed web services
• Participate in the team's paid on-call rotation
• - Work closely with engineering teams in the US, Canada, and Ireland to deliver exciting next generation applications and services for Workday
• Engage in a culture of learning and innovation through hackathons, online course offerings, and employee-led special interest guilds
• Be a part of Workday's amazing people-first culture and experience fun benefits like clubs and team events

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level