Senior Software Engineer - Federal Systems & Secure Apps

Workday; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Job summary

Workday seeks a senior software engineer to join our Government team in Reston, VA. This role supports U.S. federal contracts, and due to security requirements, all Workday personnel on those contracts must be U.S.

citizens. You will collaborate with product managers and QA, design and develop metadata-driven solutions, mentor teammates, and contribute to scalable, secure cloud applications using Java, Python, C#, or C++.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience with UML, Web application development or SaaS technologies.
• 8+ years of experience with design and development using an object-oriented language such as Java, Python, C#, C++, etc.
• 8+ years of experience designing/developing business applications
• 8+ years of experience with design and analysis of software for performance
• Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience
• Experience leading agile/scrum teams, providing technical guidance, and mentoring junior engineers

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Managers and QA Engineers on functional design and analysis of requirements
• Lead the design and development of products in a metadata-driven environment
• Build and maintain robust, efficient and maintainable code using an object-oriented framework and class modeling
• Troubleshoot customer reported issues
• Mentor and learn from other team members through pair programming, code reviews, hackathons, etc.

Skills

UML

Web application development

SaaS technologies

OO languages

Java

Python

C# / C++

Performance optimization

Agile / Scrum

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

JSON

REST

GraphQL

Job description

Workday seeks a senior software engineer to join our Government team in Reston, VA. This role supports U.S. federal contracts, and due to security requirements, all Workday personnel on those contracts must be U.S.

citizens. You will collaborate with product managers and QA, design and develop metadata-driven solutions, mentor teammates, and contribute to scalable, secure cloud applications using Java, Python, C#, or C++.