Sr Software Engineer (US Federal)

Workday, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 153,000 - 231,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in enterprise software seeks a Sr Software Engineer to join their Data Platform and Observability team in Atlanta. This role involves designing and enhancing distributed services, working with technologies like Kafka and Redis, and supporting U.S. Federal Government contracts. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in distributed systems and a passion for developing scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of distributed systems experience.
• 4-12 years of software engineering experience using Java/Scala, Golang, Python.
• 2+ years of US Federal projects experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and enhance critical distributed services.
• Evaluate and implement new open-source and cloud-native tools.
• Participate in the on-call rotation to support distributed systems.

Skills

Kafka

Redis

RabbitMQ

Cassandra

DevOps

Agile

Job description

1. Provide the best possible experience on our site
2. Collect statistics to optimize site functionality

Sr Software Engineer (US Federal) page is loaded

Sr Software Engineer (US Federal)

Apply remote type Flex locations USA, GA, Atlanta time type Full Time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago job requisition id JR-0097206

Your work days are brighter here.

At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

At Workday, we value our candidates’ privacy and data security. Workday will never ask candidates to apply to jobs through websites that are not Workday Careers.

Please be aware of sites that may ask for you to input your data in connection with a job posting that appears to be from Workday but is not.

In addition, Workday will never ask candidates to pay a recruiting fee, or pay for consulting or coaching services, in order to apply for a job at Workday.

About the Team

The Data Platform and Observability team is based in Pleasanton,CA; Boston,MA; Atlanta, GA, Dublin, Ireland and Chennai, India. Our focus is on the development of large scale distributed data systems to support critical Workday products and provide real-time insights across Workday’s platforms, infrastructure and applications.

The team provides platforms that process 100s of terabytes of data that enable core Workday products and use cases like core HCM, Fins, AI/ML SKUs, internal data products and Observability. If you enjoy writing efficient software or tuning and scaling large distributed systems you will enjoy working with us.

Do you want to tackle exciting challenges at massive scale across private and public clouds for our 10000+ global customers? Do you want to work with world class engineers and facilitate the development of the next generation Distributed systems platforms? If so, we should chat.

About the Role

This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which, due to federal government security requirements, mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native).

This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which, due to federal government security requirements, mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native).

The Messaging, Streaming and Caching team is a full-service Distributed Systems Engineering team. We architect and provide async messaging, streaming, and NoSQL platforms and solutions that power the Workday products and SKUs ranging from core HCM, FIN, Integrations, and AI/ML. We develop client libraries and SDK’s that make it easy for teams to build Workday products. We develop automation to deploy and run hundreds of clusters, and we also operate and tune our clusters as well. As a team member you will play a key role in improving our services and encouraging their adoption within Workday's infrastructure both in our private cloud and public cloud. As a member of this team you will design and build new capabilities from inception to deployment to exploit the full power of the core middleware infrastructure and services, and work hand in hand with our application and service teams!

Role & Responsibilities

• Design, build, and enhance critical distributed services, including Kafka, Redis, RabbitMQ etc.

• Design, develop, build, deploy and maintain core distributed services using a combination of open source and proprietary stacks across diverse infrastructure environments (Kubernetes, OpenStack, Bare Metal, etc.).

• Design and develop core software modules for streaming, messaging and caching.

• Construct observability modules, alerts and automation for Dashboard lifecycle management for the distributed services.

• Build, deploy and operate infrastructure components in production environments.

• Champion all aspects of streaming, messaging and caching with a focus on resiliency and operational excellence.

• Evaluate and implement new open-source and cloud-native tools and technologies as needed.

• Participate in the on-call rotation to support the distributed systems platforms.

• Manage and optimize Workday within the U.S. AWS cloud regions, forming the core of the team responsible for this mission.

• Partner with the Workday Federal Cyber Defense team to ensure security operations, cybersecurity posture, governance, risk, compliance, and platform security health.

About You

You are a senior software engineer with distributed systems background and significant experience in a distributed systems products like Kafka, Redis, RabbitMQ or Cassandra. You have independently led product features and deployed on large scale NoSQL clusters.

Basic Qualifications

• 6+ years of distributed systems experience

• 4-12 years of software engineering experience using one or more of the following: Java/Scala, Golang, Python

• 3+ years of development and DevOps experience in designing and operating large-scale deployments of distributed NoSQL & messaging systems.

• 2+ years of US Federal projects experience

• 1+ year of leading a NoSQL technology related product right from conception to deployment and maintenance.

Preferred Qualifications

• a consistent track record of technical project leadership and success involving collaborators and interested partners across the enterprise.

• expertise in developing distributed system software and deployments that perform well and degrade gracefully under excessive load.

• hands-on experience with at least one or more distributed systems technologies like Kafka/RabbitMQ, Redis, Cassandra

• experience learning complex open source service internals via code inspection.

• extensive experience with current software development tools including CI/CD and methodologies like Agile

• expertise with configuration management using Chef and service deployment on Kubernetes via Terraform, Helm and ArgoCD.

• experience with Linux system internals and tuning.

• experience with distributed system performance analysis and optimization.

• strong written and oral communication skills and the ability to explain esoteric technical details clearly to engineers without a similar background.

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 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.GA.AtlantaPrimary Location Base Pay Range: $153,600 USD - $230,400 USDAdditional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $145,900 USD - $259,200 USD

Our 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.

Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!

Similar Jobs (5)

Sr Software Development Engineer, SRE (US Federal)

remote type Flex locations 3 Locations time type Full Time posted on Posted 15 Days Ago time left to apply End Date: May 23, 2025 (1 day left to apply)

Software Development Engineer - US Federal

remote type Flex locations USA, GA, Atlanta time type Full Time posted on Posted 30+ Days Ago

Software Development Engineer (US Federal)

remote type Flex locations USA, GA, Atlanta time type Full Time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago