Sr Software Development Engineer (Java)

Your work days are brighter here.

Were 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 were shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join youll feel it. 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. Were 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 youre building smarter solutions supporting customers or creating a space where everyone belongs youll do meaningful work with Workmates whove got your return well 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. So if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone including yourself youve found a match in Workday and we hope to be a match for you too.

About the Team

About the Role

Do what you love. Love what you do.

At Workday we help the worlds largest organizations adapt to whats next by bringing finance HR and planning into a single enterprise cloud. We work hard and were serious about what we do. But we like to have fun too. We put people first celebrate diversity drive innovation and do good in the communities where we live and work.

What does a Senior Software Development Engineer do at Workday

• Designs and implements elegant scalable and performant features and components in a team-oriented environment

• Delivers high quality well thought-out features that keep Workdays application developers in mind

• Collaborates with team members by white-boarding and working through ideas with constructive recommendations from the rest of the team and vice-versa

• Shares knowledge via mentoring reviews and technical discussions

• Introduces the team to new technologies frameworks and points of view

Our Tech Stack

• Java/JUnit

• XpressO (Workday proprietary)

About You

Are you passionate about Web APIs Are you interested in building the future framework to support Workdays SOAP and REST offerings Do you consider yourself an advocate on the subject of Web APIs Do you like sharing knowledge with your peers and inspiring creativity within your team Do you enjoy attending meetups hackathons and Dev Conferences Then you sound like an ideal candidate to apply to our role with the Workday Web Services Frameworks team!

Basic Qualifications:

• 7 years of experience with object-oriented design and programming with Java including 2 year(s) of REST APIs development experience.

• 3 years of experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum Kanban etc.) and standard development tools and processes: source control IDEs frameworks JUnit tests debugging issue trackers (e.g. JIRA GitHub) code review tools pipeline testing etc.

• Ability to communicate design ideas using UML.

• Proven ability to share knowledge via formal mentoring reviewing code reviewing design docs giving technical talks teaching classes or as a project consultant.

• Willing to learn and adapt to Workday proprietary technologies and frameworks.

• Ability to ask what can I do to help to propel the team or technology forward without prompting.

Other Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience.

• Experience with other Web Services technologies (SOAP XML/Schema WSDL etc.).

• Experience with test platforms and writing automations.

Our Approach to Flexible Work

With Flex Work were combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections maintain a strong community and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways so rather than a number of required days in-office each week we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers prospects and partners (depending on role). This means youll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business team and personal needs while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote home office roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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