engineering
Posted YesterdaySr Software Development Engineer, Product Engineering – API Platform & Agentic AI
at Workday
Usa Pleasanton, United StatesRemote
Responsibilities
- Champion consistent API standards, patterns, and tooling that align with cross‑org guidance while solving concrete product needs.
- Drive consensus with product managers, architects, and partner teams to define clear, evolvable API contracts and data models, using OpenAPI and internal standards.
- Drive performance and scalability improvements, including latency optimization, capacity planning, and resiliency strategies for mission‑critical product flows.
- Design and implement observability for product APIs (metrics, tracing, structured logging), and use data to drive technical decisions and SLOs.
- Collaborate on frameworks, tools, and patterns that make it simpler for other Product Engineering teams to define, publish, and maintain APIs.
Requirements
- 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.
- Many of these experiences are now powered by agents and AI, which depend on a strong API foundation.
- You will shape API design, drive performance and observability improvements, and coach and grow future senior engineers across the team.
- Act as a trusted technical partner to teams across Product Engineering, helping them make API and integration decisions. About You Basic
- experience in software development engineering, architecting, building, and scaling robust and efficient software systems. 5+ years
- experience in the following programming languages and technologies: TypeScript or Python.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience. Other
- Qualifications Strong ability in Algorithmic Thinking, including advanced data structures and algorithms such as graphs, concurrent data structures, and caching/eviction strategies, to design and optimize solutions for complex API orchestration, request routing, and high-throughput workloads. Solid
- experience with API Development, including REST, SOAP, and GraphQL, OpenAPI/Swagger-driven design, and
- experience in designing and building scalable, secure APIs and API integration patterns.
- Strong understanding of Code Testing methodologies, such as contract testing, performance testing, and system/integration testing, and
- experience with advanced testing tools or frameworks (e.g., JUnit, ScalaTest, Postman, Mockito, and coverage tools such as Jacoco or Scoverage).
- Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Design (OOD) principles like SOLID, domain-driven design concepts, and common architectural patterns (e.g., layered architecture, hexagonal architecture) and their application in designing scalable software architectures.
- Solid understanding of Software Development principles and advanced development methodologies such as continuous delivery, trunk-based development, and test-driven or behavior-driven development. Solid
- experience with Source Control Management (SCM) tools such as Git and advanced branching and merging strategies across multiple teams or services.
- Proven ability to lead Team Collaboration within a software development team and mentor junior and mid-level engineers through design reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing.
- Experience leveraging AI‑assisted code generation and review tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) to improve development speed and quality.
Experience
- Qualifications 8+ years
Benefits
- 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.
- Workday Pay Transparency Statement The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below.
- Workday pay ranges vary based on work location.
- As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants.
- Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things.
- Primary Location: USA.CA.Pleasanton Primary Location Base Pay Range: $176,000 USD - $264,000 USD Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $148,200 USD - $264,000 USD Our Approach to Flexible Work With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote.
Additional details
- 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.
- 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 Product Engineering builds the end to end product experiences that Workday customers use.
- This role sits in Product Engineering but operates across product pillars.
- You will work closely with Product Engineering teams as well as partner organizations.
- You will shape the API foundation, architecture and operating model that makes it easy for Product Engineering to build agent ready, high quality APIs.