Principal API Architect — Agent-Ready, Scalable APIs

Workday; Ireland; Presencial; EUR 120 000 - 180 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Workday is seeking a Principal API Architect in Product Engineering to lead API strategy for agentic, product-centric APIs and integrations. You will own standards across REST, GraphQL, SOAP, and emerging models, shaping product contracts and durable API capabilities across teams.

You will collaborate with product and platform leaders to define roadmaps, intake processes, and architectural reference models.

Qualificações

• 5+ years designing API endpoints that expose product functionality clearly and securely.
• 7+ years of software engineering, with OO modeling and design concepts.
• 12+ years building large-scale backend systems and API/platform architecture.
• Experience with data platforms and APIs that safely expose data.

Responsabilidades

• Define and evolve the API architecture, standards, and review processes.
• Lead cross-team API design reviews and resolve high-impact decisions.
• Mentor senior engineers and build communities of practice.
• Shape API roadmaps with product pillars and identify gaps/duplication.
• Evaluate tools for API design, testing, and observability; drive best practices.

Conhecimentos

API architecture

Distributed systems

REST/GraphQL/SOAP

Java/TypeScript/Python

Mentoring

Leadership

API governance

Formação académica

Bachelor's in CS or Engineering

Ferramentas

OpenAPI

Data Cloud

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Descrição da oferta de emprego

Workday is seeking a Principal API Architect in Product Engineering to lead API strategy for agentic, product-centric APIs and integrations. You will own standards across REST, GraphQL, SOAP, and emerging models, shaping product contracts and durable API capabilities across teams.

You will collaborate with product and platform leaders to define roadmaps, intake processes, and architectural reference models.