Lead Data Cloud Platform Engineer

Workday, Inc.; Pleasanton (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday, Inc. is seeking an experienced Data Platform Engineer to help build and optimize Workday's Data Cloud. You will lead a skilled team to design distributed ingestion, query processing, and storage engines, delivering scalable, high-performance data solutions.

The role requires deep knowledge of distributed systems, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), and SQL, with a passion for data management and engineering leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in one or more of the listed programming languages (Java, Scala, C++, Go, Rust).
• 5+ years in domain areas like database internals, distributed systems, JVM performance tuning, or Cloud/SaaS services.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or MS in Computer Science or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to architect and build features for Workday's Data Cloud.
• Design distributed data ingestion, query processing, and storage engines for high performance.
• Collaborate with partners to articulate value and deliver high-quality implementations.

Skills

Java

Scala

C++

Go

Rust

Distributed systems

JVM tuning

Cloud computing

Kubernetes

SQL

Data warehousing

Spark

Iceberg

Trino

MySQL

PostgreSQL

DuckDB

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

MS in Computer Science

Tools

Spark

Spark SQL

Iceberg

Zero-copy architectures

Polaris

Trino

MySQL

PostgreSQL

DuckDB

Job description

Workday, Inc. is seeking an experienced Data Platform Engineer to help build and optimize Workday's Data Cloud. You will lead a skilled team to design distributed ingestion, query processing, and storage engines, delivering scalable, high-performance data solutions.

The role requires deep knowledge of distributed systems, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), and SQL, with a passion for data management and engineering leadership.