Senior SDET: Cloud API Testing & Automation Engineer

Workday, Inc.; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday, Inc. is hiring a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) for the Dublin office. The role focuses on testing backend features, building automation scripts, and validating large‑scale distributed systems across legacy and cloud environments.

You'll collaborate with senior engineers and designers in a hybrid Dublin setup. The position requires 2+ years in software testing with API automation and 1+ years of programming experience in languages such as Java or Python.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in software testing or engineering (focusing on functional testing and API automation).
• 1+ years of programming experience in object‑oriented or functional languages (e.g., Java, Python, Scala, C#, or C++).
• Automation Frameworks: Experience with TestNG, JUnit, PyTest, Selenium, Postman, or Robot Framework.
• CI/CD: Basic experience with CI/CD environments (Jenkins, Bamboo, GitLab CI, TeamCity).
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Experience or exposure to testing deployments and migrations across AWS, GCP is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Feature Execution & Automation: run test cycles, identify edge cases, write automated scripts.
• API & Backend Validation: validate backend services and logic via API testing.
• Cloud & Migration Validation: validate data center‑to‑cloud migrations (AWS, GCP).
• Test Suite Maintenance: update automated test suites for CI/CD reliability.
• Triage & Defect Reporting: investigate failures, log defects, verify fixes with developers.
• Team Collaboration: participate in sprint planning, code reviews, and quality discussions.
• Agentic Evaluations: build and maintain Agentic Evals for Semantic Search pipelines.

Skills

Software testing

API automation

Programming (Java, Python, Scala, C#,,

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Software Engineering

Tools

TestNG

JUnit

PyTest

Selenium

Postman

Robot Framework

ElasticSearch/OpenSearch

Job description

Workday, Inc. is hiring a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) for the Dublin office. The role focuses on testing backend features, building automation scripts, and validating large‑scale distributed systems across legacy and cloud environments.

You'll collaborate with senior engineers and designers in a hybrid Dublin setup. The position requires 2+ years in software testing with API automation and 1+ years of programming experience in languages such as Java or Python.