Software Development Engineer - Core BI Reporting

Workday; Chennai District; On-site; INR 12,00,000 - 18,00,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading enterprise software company in Chennai is seeking an experienced engineer for the Reporting Tools team. The role focuses on designing validation tools and ensuring customer satisfaction while supporting Reporting Resiliency. Candidates should possess over 5 years of software engineering experience and be proficient in Java. This position offers opportunities for collaboration and professional growth in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• 3+ years of coding experience in Java.

Responsibilities

• Support Reporting Resiliency by designing validation tools.
• Ensure reporting runtime meets customer expectations.
• Contribute to foundational product spaces.

Skills

Java systems

Customer satisfaction

Code quality advocacy

Collaboration

Willingness to learn new technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

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We’re 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, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll 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. We’re 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 you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll 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, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

About the Team

Welcome to the Core BI Reporting team at Workday! We are responsible for improving and scaling the reporting and analytics engine to query and operate on large volumes of transactions for critically important business needs, interactive analytics and background extractions.

About the Role

We are looking for an incredible engineer for our Reporting Tools team. In this area, we focus on supporting Reporting Resiliency by designing tools to validate our platform and building operational insights. We work closely with our product management and application teams to ensure the reporting runtime is crafted to customer expectations. Our Core BI Reporting team supports over 4.5 billion executions every month across all Workday customers (and growing!). In this role you will work in a team of highly motivated and dedicated engineers working in a fast paced environment. This is a phenomenal opportunity to grow into a subject matter expert on the team and contribute to one of Workday's foundational product spaces.

About You

• You love working on complex technical projects

• You have experience with Java systems

• You care about customer satisfaction

• You are enthusiastic about code quality and advocate for the best development practices

• You are an excellent teammate and enjoy working with team members and collaborating across teams to build new solutions

• You are eager to learn Workday technologies, like XpressO

Basic Qualification

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer

• 3+ years of coding in Java

Other Qualification

• Superb communication skills. Ability to articulate sophisticated technical ideas

• Highly motivated to determine how things work

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science

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