Software Engineer Senior Software Engineer Agent Platform
Job Summary
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
Workdays Agent Platform team is building and maintaining the frameworks libraries and patterns that hundreds of Workday developers use to build LLM Agents which interact with Workdays systems.A large part of the teams responsibilities is understanding the complicated networking and authentication flows for agent communication and tool call execution as they wend their way through Workdays infrastructure.
This role will focus on a public gateway and routing service for all agents written in Rust. This includes all Workdays public MCP offerings and A2A integrations.
This is a fun space the industry changes rapidly and there are no standards. Its the Wild West and were here to figure out what makes sense and build it!
About the Role
Key Responsibilities:
Build and Maintain an internal and external-facing gateway and network proxy for agent traffic.
Build and Maintain MCP and A2A integration points for customers integrating with Workday.
Identify pain-points in the Developer Experience both internal and external propose and implement solutions.
Architect new and simplify old authentication schemes for agents.
Documentation!
About You
A generalist/backend Software Development Engineer who wants to work on Workdays public interface for Agent integration and communication.
No ML experience required.
Basic Qualifications - Sr. Software Engineer
5 years of experience in software engineering in a modern programming language such as but not limited to: Typescript Rust Go Python etc.
Basic Qualifications - (P3) Software Engineer
3 years of experience in software engineering in a modern programming language such as but not limited to: Typescript Rust Go Python etc.
Other Qualifications:
Experience in Rust (Nice to have)
Experience with LLM Agent Protocols such as MCP and A2A
Experience with OAuth authentication schemes
Workday Pay Transparency Statement
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. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidates compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including but not limited to geography experience skills job duties and business need among other things. For more information regarding Workdays comprehensive benefits please click here.
Primary Location: Primary Location Base Pay Range: $140000 CAD - $210000 CADPrimary CAN Base Pay Range: $140000 - $210000 CAD
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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Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Seamlessly manage your people, money, and agents on an open, unified platform with AI at the core. It’s a new work day.