Frontend Engineer, Developer Platform & DX

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Boulder (CO)

Hybrid

USD 130,000 - 196,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

Workday is seeking a Software Engineer for the Developer Platform team to build and improve the front-end surfaces and developer tooling that power the Workday Developer Portal. You will execute well-scoped work in partnership with senior engineers, contribute to shared UI components, and help build infrastructure for internal and external developers.

You will collaborate with product and engineering teams to ship reliable, easy-to-use experiences, emphasizing DX, tooling, and modern web

Qualifications

4+ years of software engineering experience, including ownership of features or components in production web applications.
4+ years of experience building front-end applications with modern web technologies (for example, TypeScript/JavaScript, React) in a production environment.
4+ years of experience working with REST or GraphQL APIs from the client side, including handling authentication, error states, and data fetching patterns.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain front-end surfaces within the Workday Developer Portal, working within established micro-frontend (MFE) boundaries and shared component patterns.
Contribute to developer tooling and build infrastructure—including local dev environments, CI/CD pipelines, linting, and testing setups that improve velocity and reliability for the broader engineering team.
Implement features and fixes against designs and technical direction set by senior and principal engineers, with growing autonomy over implementation details.
Collaborate closely with senior engineers, product managers, and cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver well-scoped engineering work on schedule.
Follow established API governance and engineering best practices, including versioning, backward compatibility, and security standards for public-facing surfaces.
Participate in code review, design discussions, and pairing sessions, both giving and receiving feedback to raise the technical bar on the team.
Contribute to developer-facing documentation, onboarding flows, and tooling improvements that make the platform easier to adopt and extend.