Senior Software Development Engineer Data Security and Protection

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About the Team

About the Role

As a P4 Senior Software Engineer you will be a technical leader within the Security Platform organization. Your primary focus will be designing next-generation authorization frameworks fine-grained access control systems and distributed data security models that operate at a massive scale. You will not only write critical path code but also mentor junior engineers and influence the architectural roadmap for Workdays global security infrastructure

Key Responsibilities

• Architecture & Leadership: Lead the architectural design and implementation of highly available low-latency authorization and access control services.

• Data Security: Define and implement robust data security boundaries zero-trust architectures and policy enforcement points across distributed systems.

• Technical Excellence: Drive best practices for code quality security compliance multi-tenancy isolation and system performance optimizations.

• Mentorship: Guide mentor and unblock P3 and associate engineers on the team fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical rigor.

• Cross-Functional Impact: Partner with security architects compliance teams and broad engineering organizations to seamlessly integrate authorization patterns across all Workday applications.

About You

Basic Qualification:

• Experience: 7 years of software engineering experience with a proven track record of delivering enterprise-grade identity access management (IAM) or authorization solutions.

• Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of access control models (RBAC ABAC ReBAC) OAuth2 OIDC SAML and modern policy engines (e.g. Open Policy Agent - OPA).

• Distributed Systems: Strong experience building high-throughput low-latency distributed systems using Java Go or Scala.

• Security Mindset: Deep knowledge of OWASP top 10 threat modeling and secure design principles for distributed cloud architectures (AWS/GCP).

• Soft Skills: Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; proven ability to lead technical initiatives independently.

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