Senior Software Engineer

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 Your work matters here. At Workday Government, we focus on outcomes that serve a larger mission. Our work supports U.S. federal agencies as they modernize and transform the full employee lifecycle experience and finance operations—so they can operate with greater clarity, accountability, and trust. As a Fortune 500 company and a proven enterprise cloud platform, Workday brings modern technology, responsible AI, and secure infrastructure to some of the most complex environments in the world. The work isn’t theoretical. It’s operational. It’s high-impact. And it demands rigor, integrity, and long-term thinking. From day one, you’ll be part of a team that values collaboration, follow-through, and doing the right thing—especially when the stakes are high. Our culture is grounded in integrity, respect, and shared responsibility. We challenge each other to think clearly, act thoughtfully, and build solutions that stand up to real-world demands. Here, curiosity is matched with accountability. Ambition is paired with trust. You’ll have the space to do your best work, the support to keep growing, and the backing of a company committed to long-term investment in both its people and the federal mission. If you’re looking to apply your experience to meaningful, mission-driven work—alongside colleagues who take pride in building things that last—you’ll find that opportunity at Workday About the Role 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). May be required to be on site at client locations in the DC, MD, and VA (DMV) area. 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). The Messaging, Streaming and Caching team is a full-service Distributed Systems Engineering team. We architect and provide async messaging, streaming, and NoSQL platforms and solutions that power the Workday products and SKUs ranging from core HCM, FIN, Integrations, and AI/ML. We develop client libraries and SDK's that make it easy for teams to build Workday products. We develop automation to deploy and run hundreds of clusters, and we also operate and tune our clusters as well. As a team member you will play a key role in improving our services and encouraging their adoption within Workday's infrastructure both in our private cloud and public cloud. As a member of this team, you will design and build new capabilities from inception to deployment to exploit the full power of the core middleware infrastructure and services, and work hand in hand with our application and service teams! Role & Responsibilities: Design, build, and enhance critical distributed services, including Kafka, Redis, RabbitMQ etc. Design, develop, build, deploy and maintain core distributed services using a combination of open source and proprietary stacks across diverse infrastructure environments (Kubernetes, OpenStack, Bare Metal, etc.). Design and develop core software modules for streaming, messaging and caching. Construct observability modules, alerts and automation for Dashboard lifecycle management for the distributed services. Build, deploy and operate infrastructure components in production environments. Champion all aspects of streaming, messaging and caching with a focus on resiliency and operational excellence. Evaluate and implement new open-source and cloud-native tools and technologies as needed. Participate in the on-call rotation to support the distributed systems platforms. Manage and optimize Workday within the U.S. AWS cloud regions, forming the core of the team responsible for this mission. Partner with the Workday Federal Cyber Defense team to ensure security operations, cybersecurity posture, governance, risk, compliance, and platform security health. About You This role may require a security clearance at the TS/SCI w/CI Poly level. Applicants must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance. An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly is preferred. You are a software engineer with distributed systems background and experience in systems like Kafka, Redis or RabbitMQ. You have independently developed features and deployed them to large scale distributed systems clusters. Basic Qualifications:

MUST BE A US CITIZEN

A minimum of 10 years of distributed systems experience A minimum of 10 years of software engineering and systems, infrastructure or platforms experience. A minimum of 10 years experience using one or more of the following: Ruby, Golang, Python, Java, Scala. A minimum 10 years experience working on US Federal projects Familiarity or prior experience operating large scale SaaS platforms. Good systems and networking expertise working on hybrid environments, both on-premise and cloud Other Qualifications: Experience in developing distributed system software and deployments that perform well and degrade gracefully under excessive load. Experience with configuration management using Chef and service deployment on Kubernetes via Helm and ArgoCD. Development experience with a wide range of programming languages, for example, Java, C/C++, Erlang, Python, Golang, etc. Ability and willingness to learn complex open source service internals via code inspection. Experience with current software development tools including CI/CD and methodologies like Agile Strong written and oral communication skills and the ability to explain esoteric technical details clearly to partners outside of the team Preferred DoD 8570/8140 compliant with at least IAT Level II #J-18808-Ljbffr Workday