Sr Software Development Engineer

Your work days are brighter here.

At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, its what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

About The Team

We are on a mission to get the largest higher ed institutions live on Workday Student! We tackle ambitious problems and have fun doing it together. We are flexible and always learning, because we know things change quickly. We have a range of customers already live, but we continue to develop the breadth and depth of our product as we gear up for future waves of customers.

About The Role

Do what you love. Love what you do.

At Workday, we help the world’s largest organizations adapt to what’s next by bringing finance, HR, and planning into a single enterprise cloud. We work hard, and we’re 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.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the Product Manager, QA and test automation counterparts on functional design and analysis of requirements
• Design and develop a product in a metadata-based development environment
• Develop and maintain robust, efficient and maintainable code using an OO language and support tools
• Build and enhance reliable unit and system automated tests
• Resolve customer reported issues
• Learn from other team members through pair programming, code reviews, technical reviews, hackathons and shared communication tools

Basic Qualifications:

• 8+ years experience developing performant, scalable and resilient applications.
• 8+ years of proven experience with one or more Object Oriented languages, such as Java, C#, C++, Scala ...etc.
• Experience with UML, Web application development or SaaS

• Highly collaborative with colleagues across various functions and experience levels.
• Passionate about agile software development.
• Passionate about building scalable, performant and highly resilient Enterprise Business Applications.
• Ability to adapt and deliver on time working in a fast-paced environment
• Strong understanding of the value of automated tests at all levels of the testing pyramid.
• Understanding of metadata-driven definitional development is a plus
• Previous experience and understanding of integration technologies
• Understanding and experience with modern UI technologies, e.g. React
• Experience with UML

Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

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