Software Development Engineer, AI Platform

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About the Team

About the Role

As a Software Development Engineer on Agent Runtime you will implement key runtime components and services that power secure agent execution. You will contribute to design coding testing and operations for systems that enforce policy and reliability guarantees in production.

In this role you will:

• Build backend services and runtime components for cell lifecycle and execution control.

• Implement policy-aware data context tool and model access pathways.

• Contribute to interface development between runtime components and partner systems.

• Write high-quality testable code and participate in code and design reviews.

• Develop telemetry and logging capabilities for traceability and operational insight.

• Support production operations performance tuning and incident follow-through.

• Collaborate closely with senior engineers and partner teams on roadmap delivery.

About You

Basic Qualification:

5 years experience in backend software development engineering including designing developing and deploying software solutions.

Other Qualification:

• Experience building complex applications on Kubernetes including custom resource definitions (CRDs)

• Experience with network rules istio and/or iptables

• Experience with Agent Sandboxes and frameworks like Langchain AWS AgentCore and Google ADK

• Solid foundation in distributed systems fundamentals APIs and data modeling.

• Proficiency in one or more programming languages used for backend systems.

• Experience building and shipping production services with testing and monitoring.

• Working knowledge of security fundamentals including authentication authorization and least-privilege concepts.

• Ability to debug complex issues and deliver reliable fixes in production environments.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills and effective team collaboration.

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. 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.

Additional Considerations:

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