Senior Software Engineer

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About the Team

About the Role

Were building a scalable multi-tenant data platform that supports Apache Spark on both Kubernetes and YARN serving diverse workloads across private and public clouds. As part of this team youll help shape the next generation of compute infrastructure for Workday analytics. Youll work on distributed systems that support massively parallel data processing with a focus on performance reliability and this role you will:

• Design build and debug distributed software systems that run across multiple platforms and environments

• Develop tools and services that support efficient resource management scheduling and concurrency

• Work with technologies like Apache Spark Kubernetes and container-native infrastructure

• Balance system design trade-offs and collaborate across teams to deliver infrastructure thats resilient observable and easy to operate.

• Support large-scale data workloads with strong focus on performance cost and customer experience.

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 8 years of professional software engineering experience with a proven track record of delivering production-grade systems.

• 4 years of hands-on experience designing building and operating large-scale distributed systems across public or private clouds.

• Deep foundational knowledge of distributed computing principles including consistency models concurrency high availability and fault tolerance.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical discipline or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Data Compute & Orchestration: Strong experience working with large-scale data processing frameworks (specifically Apache Spark) and container-native infrastructure or resource schedulers (e.g. Kubernetes YARN).

• Algorithmic & System Design: Demonstrated ability to apply advanced algorithmic thinking and data structures to solve complex scalability scheduling and resource management problems.

• API & Architecture: Solid experience designing and implementing robust scalable APIs (e.g. REST gRPC) and microservices that support multi-tenant architectures.

• Software Craftsmanship: Deep understanding of Object-Oriented or Functional design principles with proficiency in languages commonly used in data infrastructure (e.g. Java Scala Go or C).

• Resiliency & Observability: Practical knowledge of building highly available systems including implementing load balancing redundancy observability and cost-efficient scaling strategies.

• Quality & Testing: Strong testing discipline including unit integration and contract testing within a distributed environment to ensure system reliability under heavy workloads.

• Security Best Practices: Solid understanding of system security principles relevant to cloud and distributed environments including authentication authorization and secure data access.

• Collaboration & Leadership: Proven ability to own problems end-to-end collaborate cross-functionally (with SRE Product and other engineering teams) and mentor peers.

• Technical Communication: Excellent technical writing skills with the ability to author clear comprehensive architecture designs system documentation and runbooks.

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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 experience and skills and educational qualifications level of responsibility demands of the role work location and business need. 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 Workdays comprehensive benefits please click here.

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