Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering, Agent Trust & Security

Workday; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday is seeking a Senior Manager of Agent Trust & Security to lead an engineering team building the security foundations of the agent registry. You will review designs and code, lead a security-focused DevOps culture, and drive authentication, authorization and agent identity across the platform.

You’ll work with product management and security peers to shape capabilities, accelerate delivery, and ensure trust in running agents while maintaining strict governance and multi‑tenant

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years leading 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead 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.
• Collaborate 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 admins 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.

Skills

Software engineering

Team leadership

Security systems

OAuth

AI code generation

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

AI code generation tools

Workday platform

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 Team

Workday'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 Role

As 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 You

Basic 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 Statement

The 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