Senior AI Foundations Engineer - Backend, Python, Scale

Workday; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangement

Annual stock grants

Job summary

Workday is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable AI-powered backend services that power enterprise AI capabilities across Workday products.

You will own a significant surface area end to end, collaborate closely with ML engineers, and drive reliable deployments, monitoring, and on-call responsibilities while mentoring peers in a fast-paced, inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of Python development experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate core services and infrastructure for AI development, evaluation, and deployment.
• Own a significant surface area end to end, including production health and on-call.
• Turn open-ended problems into scoped, sequenced work — for yourself and for others.
• Raise the bar through design and code review, and mentor engineers on the team.
• Partner with product, research, and infrastructure teams on tradeoffs and roadmap.

Skills

Python development

Software development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Workday is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable AI-powered backend services that power enterprise AI capabilities across Workday products.

You will own a significant surface area end to end, collaborate closely with ML engineers, and drive reliable deployments, monitoring, and on-call responsibilities while mentoring peers in a fast-paced, inclusive environment.