Software Engineer, Data Platform & Observability (Hybrid)

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United States

Hybrid

USD 148,000 - 222,000

Full time

5 days ago
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Job summary

Workday is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join the Data Platform and Observability Engineering team in Pleasanton, CA, focusing on designing and scaling the distributed tracing platform using ClickHouse, Kafka, Spark/Flink, and Grafana Tempo.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in software development, 3+ years operating complex distributed systems, and strong skills in Java, Python, or Go, with a BA and preferably a MS. The role offers in-office and remote options.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field required.
  • Master's degree strongly preferred.
  • 5+ years of software development experience, 3+ years in distributed systems design/operation.
  • Proficiency in Java, Python, or Go with hands-on distributed systems experience.

Responsibilities

  • Design and scale core features of the distributed tracing platform.
  • Build robust ingestion and query execution systems for high throughput data pipelines.
  • Ensure reliability through comprehensive error handling and failover mechanisms.
  • Collaborate on AI-driven observability solutions and work with senior engineers to deepen expertise in distributed systems.

Skills

Distributed systems
Java
Python
Go
API development
Kafka
Spark
Flink
ClickHouse
Grafana Tempo
S3 on AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree
Master's degree preferred

Tools

Kafka
Spark
Flink
ClickHouse
Grafana Tempo
Iceberg
S3 on AWS

Job description

Workday is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join the Data Platform and Observability Engineering team in Pleasanton, CA, focusing on designing and scaling the distributed tracing platform using ClickHouse, Kafka, Spark/Flink, and Grafana Tempo.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in software development, 3+ years operating complex distributed systems, and strong skills in Java, Python, or Go, with a BA and preferably a MS. The role offers in-office and remote options.

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