Director, AI Platform & Developer Experience

Workday, Inc.; Pleasanton (CA); Hybrid; USD 244,000 - 366,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday, Inc. in Pleasanton, CA seeks a Director of Software Engineering, Platforms PE, to guide a global team of about 60 engineers across multiple sites, reporting to the VP of Platforms onsite at our Pleasanton HQ.

You will partner with Product Management to craft an agent-ready developer experience and scalable delivery system. You will scale build/test/release infrastructure and balance bold platform innovation with careful migration of legacy systems to keep our technology ahead of the

Qualifications

• 3+ years leading senior software development leaders to scale large organizations.
• 7+ years managing software development teams delivering outcomes.
• 12+ years in software development engineering defining technical strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead a global team of ~60 engineers across time zones.
• Partner with Product Management to operate platform tools as products.
• Scale build, test & release infrastructure for autonomous development lifecycle.

Skills

Leadership of senior engineers

Multi-site team leadership

Agentic AI platforms

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP)

Mentoring engineers

Docker/Kubernetes

MCP familiarity

Observability & testing pipelines

Product collaboration

Global engineering scaling

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Job description

Workday, Inc. in Pleasanton, CA seeks a Director of Software Engineering, Platforms PE, to guide a global team of about 60 engineers across multiple sites, reporting to the VP of Platforms onsite at our Pleasanton HQ.

You will partner with Product Management to craft an agent-ready developer experience and scalable delivery system. You will scale build/test/release infrastructure and balance bold platform innovation with careful migration of legacy systems to keep our technology ahead of the