engineering
Posted 22 hours agoSoftware Development Engineer
at Workday
Usa Boulder, United StatesRemote
Responsibilities
- Uphold API governance and engineering best practices within the team, including versioning, backward compatibility, and security standards for public-facing surfaces.
- Write clear technical documentation for your features and contribute to internal engineering knowledge bases.
- Own services through their full lifecycle, including incident response, root cause analysis, and ongoing reliability improvements Help improve team productivity by contributing to process improvements and engineering best practices About You Basic
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.
- experience powered by AI agents that assist with coding, platform navigation, automation, troubleshooting, and application development workflows.
- As part of this team, you will work at the intersection of developer productivity, AI, and platform engineering, building next-generation tools that enhance how thousands of developers build Extend apps.
- About the Role As a Full Stack Engineer on the Developer Agent team, you will design and build core platform capabilities that advance Workday toward more AI powered agentic developer experiences and workflows .
- experience in JVM-based backend development (Java or Kotlin), with proficiency in the Spring Boot framework. 5+ years of proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript, including
- experience with React. 3+ years hands-on
- experience deploying and operating production services in a cloud-native environments like GCP or AWS. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience Other
- Qualifications AI & Agentic Systems: Familiarity with large language model integration strategies, such as OpenAI-compatible APIs, data streaming, and tool/function calling.
- Basic understanding of agentic architectures and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) as a producer or consumer.
- experience with AI coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf, or Cline.
- Backend API Development: Comfortable implementing real-time streaming (SSE/WebSockets) and OpenAI-compatible endpoints.
- Frontend & React: Proficiency in modern frontend technologies including React, HTML, and CSS to deliver high-quality developer-facing interfaces.
- The following are advantageous but not required: Familiarity with LangChain or comparable LLM orchestration frameworks Hands-on
Experience
- Qualifications 5+ years of software engineering
- experience delivering full stack features at production scale. 5+ 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.
- experience with cloud development technologies and platforms (AWS, Kubernetes, Helm) is a plus 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.CO.Boulder Primary Location Base Pay Range: $130,400 USD - $195,600 USD Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $123,900 USD - $222,000 USD Additional Considerations: The application deadline for this role is the same as the posting end date stated as below: 06/30/2026 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 Developer Agent team's mission is to empower developers to work in the environment that best suits them—whether that’s their preferred local IDE or Workday Extend's App Builder—while providing intelligent, context-aware tooling that deeply understands the Workday platform.
- This role is a strong fit for someone who enjoys full-stack ownership, takes pride in well-tested and maintainable code, and is energized by building agentic tools that other external developers rely on every day. In this role,
- you will: Collaborate closely with peer engineers, product managers, and cross-functional teams to translate high level
- requirements into well-scoped, executable engineering work.