Full Stack Engineer

Workday for Public Sector; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in IxP to design, build, and operate secure, scalable services for high-security US Federal customers. You will collaborate with Product Managers, UX, design, and research across frontend to backend, and may require a TS/SCI w/ CI Poly clearance.

You will own services, lead features, and mentor peers in a fast-paced environment. You will balance speed with reliability, handle on-call duties, and drive non-functional requirements such as

Qualifications

• US Citizenship required.
• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience designing, building, and deploying secure, high-throughput enterprise systems with multi-functional teams.
• 3+ years in a technical leadership role (Tech Lead / Lead Engineer) leading complex initiatives end-to-end (delivering 3+ multi-quarter projects) and setting architectural direction.
• 3+ years of direct operational ownership for critical, customer-facing production services (99.9%+ availability), including active on-call rotation participation and SLA/SLO-driven performance management (p95/p99 latency, MTTR).

Responsibilities

• Write and maintain robust, efficient, and testable code using modern languages and frameworks including TypeScript, Kotlin, Python, Rust, Spring, Webflux, Node.js, Express, React, and Cypress.
• Support services and customers in high-security airgapped environments from frontend to backend.
• Design and lead meaningful features with a strong focus on scalability, performance, monitoring, maintenance, security, usability and quality.
• Own day-to-day operations of services you build, including on-call support in partnership with infrastructure teams.
• Balance feature delivery speed with system reliability using defined service-level objectives (SLOs).
• Be a flexible teammate in a fast-paced product development team.
• Provide technical influence and lead technical discussions.
• Suggest product and pipeline enhancements.
• Manage multiple projects, meet deadlines, and thrive in a multifaceted environment.

Skills

Software engineering

Technical leadership

On-call ownership

SLA/SLO management

DevOps experience

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Gradle

CI/CD systems

Job description

Workday was founded on a vision to revolutionize enterprise software, built on a culture that puts people first. Our success is driven by a collaborative, employee-centric environment, where Workmates thrive and contribute to a greater purpose. We prioritize our people, communities, and the planet while maintaining profitability. Here, you're encouraged to be yourself, embrace your energy and passion, and help shape the future. Join us in creating a brighter Workday for all!

About the Team

We are a distributed team that builds cloud-scale services that power the Workday home page and search experience for tens of millions of users across the world. We're on a mission to deliver a smart, personalized experience that helps people work more efficiently. We work across the full stack, from frontend to backend, and partner closely with infrastructure teams to keep our services healthy and performant for customers around the world.

We use modern technologies, clean code, and automated testing to ensure long-term success. If you're passionate about enhancing user experiences, thrive in a full-stack environment, and take pride in high-quality, reliable code, join our dedicated, high-performing team—

About the Role

Employees may be required to be on site at client locations in the DC, MD, and VA (DMV) area

We're seeking driven problem solvers who thrive in a fast-paced environment, delivering customer value quickly and making an impact. Ideal candidates will be exceptionally strong individual contributors, self-starters who tackle complex problems, create innovative solutions, and mentor others. You'll collaborate with Product Managers, UX, design, and research to solve real user challenges for Workday's highest-security US Federal customers.

As a Senior Software Development Engineer in IxP, you will:

• Write and maintain robust, efficient, and testable code using top-tier languages, frameworks, and tools—for example, TypeScript, Kotlin, Python, Rust, Spring, Webflux, Node.js, Express, React, and Cypress. This list is illustrative of the current stack, not a checklist every candidate must fully match.
• Support services and customers in specific high-security airgapped environments from frontend to backend.
• Design and lead meaningful features with a strong focus on non-functional requirements (scalability, performance, monitoring, maintenance, security, usability and quality, etc.).
• Own the day-to-day operations of services you build, including on-call support, in close partnership with infrastructure and service teams.
• Balance feature delivery speed with system reliability, using well-defined service-level objectives (SLOs) to guide tradeoffs and prioritize work.
• Be a flexible teammate as part of a fast-paced product development team.
• Provide technical influence within the team, with ability to lead technical & functional discussions.
• Suggest enhancements for the product and build pipelines.
• Operate as a self-starter who can effectively manage numerous projects simultaneously, meet aggressive deadlines, and thrive in a multifaceted environment. You can expect a high-profile position on a great team with many challenges and rewards.

About You

This role may require a security clearance at the TS/SCI w/CI Poly level. Applicants must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance. An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly is preferred.

Basic Qualifications – Sr. (P4) SDE:

• US Citizenship is required
• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience designing, building, and deploying secure, high-throughput enterprise systems with multi-functional teams.
• 3+ years in a technical leadership role (Tech Lead / Lead Engineer) leading complex initiatives end-to-end (delivering 3+ multi-quarter projects) and setting architectural direction.
• 3+ years of direct operational ownership for critical, customer-facing production services (99.9%+ availability), including active on-call rotation participation and SLA/SLO-driven performance management (p95/p99 latency, MTTR).

Basic Qualifications (P3) SDE:

• US Citizenship is required
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building, testing, and deploying enterprise-level applications as part of an agile software engineering team.
• 2+ years of experience leading technical feature delivery end-to-end—delivering at least 2 multi-month projects from technical design through production deployment.
• 2+ yearsof direct operational ownership for customer-facing production services (99.5%+ availability), including active participation in an on-call rotation and working within defined SLAs/SLOs.

Other Qualifications:

• Experience on an Operations or DevOps team is a plus.
• Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; or equivalent professional experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with containerization, orchestration, and automated pipelines using Docker, Kubernetes, Gradle, and enterprise CI/CD systems.
• Demonstrated track record of technical communication, including authoring or reviewing 10+ production-grade artifacts (e.g., System Design Docs, Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), or Disaster Recovery Runbooks).
• Experience formalizing engineering best practices, driving design reviews, and directly mentoring 3+ mid/junior engineers.
• Experience managing production systems against strict error budgets and automated incident post-mortem workflows.
• Knowledge of Workday XpressO and Internal Code Lifecycle Development in Workday is a plus.
• Experience developing distributed and concurrent systems; secure, fault tolerant, highly available, recoverable, consistent, scalable, and predictable and the tradeoffs therein
• Strong focus on performance, scalability, and security of services.
• Experienced in collaborating with diverse teams in a fast-paced, Scrum-based environment.
• Proven troubleshooting and triaging skills to resolve escalated production and customer issues.
• Skilled in turning ambiguous problems into clear solutions.
• Able to balance priorities and communicate cross-functionally.
• Strong written and verbal communication with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Familiarity with multiple programming languages and paradigms is a plus.
• Preferred DoD 8570/8140 compliant with at least IAT Level II certification, including a current Computing Environment (CE) credential and one approved specialty certification (e.g., CompTIA CySA+, GICSP, CASP+)