AI Platform Backend Engineer

Workday, Inc.; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday, Inc. in Boulder seeks a Software Development Engineer to help build the AI Infrastructure Development Platform, enabling teams to develop, deploy, and operate AI agents in production. You will design backend services and tooling to support SDLC for AI applications.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, Kubernetes deployment, observability, and scalable, reliable software. You will collaborate with product and AI teams to deliver production-ready infrastructure and improve developer

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software development experience building backend systems or services.
• Proficiency in Python and experience designing distributed, scalable services.
• Experience running services in Kubernetes-based environments and with CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services supporting AI infrastructure.
• Develop systems for workflow coordination and state management in SDLC for AI apps.
• Write high-quality Python code powering platform capabilities and APIs.
• Deploy and operate services on Kubernetes with reliability and observability.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver production-ready infrastructure.

Skills

Python

Distributed systems

APIs

Asynchronous processing

Service-oriented architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Workday, Inc. in Boulder seeks a Software Development Engineer to help build the AI Infrastructure Development Platform, enabling teams to develop, deploy, and operate AI agents in production. You will design backend services and tooling to support SDLC for AI applications.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, Kubernetes deployment, observability, and scalable, reliable software. You will collaborate with product and AI teams to deliver production-ready infrastructure and improve developer