engineering
Posted 17 hours agoSenior Software Engineer - Agentic AI & API Platform
at Workday
Dublin, IrelandRemote
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.
- Our teams design and deliver features on top of Workday's core platforms and services, and increasingly depend on powerful, well-designed APIs to support agentic experiences and AI-driven scenarios.
- We are essentially building the "neural pathways" for Workday's next-generation applications — designing and scaling APIs that are optimized not only for human developers, but for AI agents to understand and act on autonomously.
- This role is crucial because agentic AI changes how APIs must be built.
- For an AI agent to successfully process an invoice, update an employee record, or orchestrate a complex workflow within Workday, the underlying APIs must be highly deterministic, self-describing, and resilient.
- experience with TypeScript or Python in production environments. 4+ years of dedicated
- experience working with distributed systems architecture, handling high-throughput workloads, concurrency management, or advanced caching strategies 2+ years of
- experience implementing and managing production observability (e.g., structured logging, distributed tracing, metrics) and owning on-call/incident remediation for critical services. 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.
- 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 and skills, and educational qualifications, level of responsibility, demands of the role, work location and business need.
Experience
- Qualifications: 8+ years of
- experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable web APIs (REST and/or GraphQL) with a strong emphasis on contract-first design (e.g., OpenAPI/Swagger) 3+ years of
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.
- Exposure to MCP or similar models is a strong plus Workday Pay Transparency Statement (For EU Locations Only) Listed below is the base salary range applicable to this position.
- Workday pay ranges (and the precise pay offered to the successful candidate) are based on a number of objective criteria such as relevant
- 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 awarded by Workday Inc. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here .
- Primary Location Base Pay Range: €86,400 EUR - €129,600 EUR Ireland 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 The Product Engineering organization builds the product experiences that Workday customers use every day.
- We partner closely with internal Workday teams to design APIs and patterns that are consistent, reliable, and easy to consume.
- We also act as a center of excellence for API governance, setting the standards that help the entire organization build with confidence.
- About the Role As a Senior Software Development Engineer in Product Engineering, you will be a technical leader in designing and delivering high-throughput, low-latency APIs and frameworks that power Workday's next generation of products and agents.