Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering, Agent Trust & Security

VulnU; Pleasanton (CA); Hybrid; USD 210,000 - 314,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday in Pleasanton, CA, seeks a Senior Manager of Agent Trust & Security to lead an engineering team building security foundations for the agent registry. You will define identity, authentication, and authorization across the system, and enable customers to verify running agents with verifiable credentials.

You will hire and grow senior engineers, collaborate with Product and security, and drive secure delivery across a multi-tenant SaaS platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years hands-on with security-critical systems (authentication/authorization).
• Experience leading teams that ship and operate production services.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of engineers, setting security quality and pace.
• Shape agent identity, authentication, and authorization across the registry.
• Collaborate with Agent Passport and security teams to ensure trust.
• Translate direction into written plans with milestones and risks.

Skills

Software engineering

Engineering leadership

OAuth security

AI code generation

Security platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

AI code generation tools

Job description

Your work days are brighter here.We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.About the TeamWorkday's AI Platform builds the system of record for AI agents: the registry where Workday and partner agents are described, owned, versioned and managed. As enterprises put agents to work on HR and finance processes, customers need to know what each agent is, who is responsible for it, and whether it can be trusted. This team helps answer those questions, working alongside Workday Agent Passport, which gives agents verifiable credentials and attestations.About the RoleAs Senior Manager of Agent Trust & Security, you will lead an engineering team building the security foundations of Workday's agent registry: how agents are identified, how they connect to Workday's security model, and how customers can verify what they're running. This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You review designs and code, you build with AI code generation every day, and you bring product judgment to what the team builds.In this role, you will:Lead, hire and grow a team of software engineers, including senior and principal engineers, and set a high bar for security engineering, design quality and pace.Shape how agents are identified, authenticated and authorized across the registry, building on Workday's security model and standards such as OAuth.Work with the Agent Passport team on agent identity, credentials and verification, so customers can trust which agent is running and what has been verified about it.Bring product judgment: understand how customer administrators and security teams think about agents, and work with product management to decide what the team builds.Partner with peer teams across the agent registry, agent gateway and Agent Passport, and with Workday security, so that security works consistently across the platform.Make AI code generation central to how the team builds, and measure whether it is improving speed and quality.Turn direction into written plans with dated milestones, and raise risks early.About YouBasic Qualifications:10 years of software engineering experience, including 5 years leading and developing engineering teams that shipped and operated production services.3 years of hands-on experience with security-critical systems such as authentication, authorization, identity, or security platforms.Other Qualifications:Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline; equivalent practical experience also considered.Strong, current hands-on use of AI code generation tools, and experience leading a team that builds with them.Working knowledge of OAuth, workload and service identity, and access control models. Experience with signed credentials, attestation or verifiable credentials is a plus.Product sense: experience working directly with customers, or as a technical lead who shaped a security or identity product alongside product management.Experience with AI agent platforms or protocols such as MCP or A2A, or with LLM applications in production.Track record of predictable delivery across teams with shared dependencies.Track record of hiring and developing senior and principal engineers, including a team split across locations.Experience with multi-tenant enterprise SaaS. Workday platform experience is a plus.Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain a security design to engineers, customers and executives.Workday Pay Transparency StatementThe annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.Primary Location: USA.CA.Pleasanton Primary Location Base Pay Range: $209,600 USD - $314,400 USD Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $174,800 USD - $314,400 USDAdditional Considerations:If performed in Colorado, the pay range for this job is $184,000 - $276,000 USD based on min and max pay range for that role if performed in CO.The application deadline for this role is the same as the posting end date stated as below: 11/06/2026Our Approach to Flexible Work With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote home office roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.Workday is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during our application process, in order to perform one or more essential functions of their job, as well as regarding the use of AI tools for employment decision-making to any degree. Please see below for more details including how to request an accommodation as a qualified veteran, due to a disability or for religious reasons, or as otherwise provided under applicable law.Workday prohibits taking adverse action against any candidate or employee for reporting a possible violation of this policy, requesting one or more work accommodations, exercising a privacy right, or cooperating in an investigation in accordance with applicable law. Any employee who retaliates against a candidate or employee for doing so may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment, to the fullest extent allowable under applicable law.If you require a reasonable accommodation, you may email accommodations workday.com, as far in advance as possible.