Software Development Engineer

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

The Developer Agent team's mission is to empower developers to work in the environment that best suits them—whether that’s their preferred local IDE or Workday Extend's App Builder—while providing intelligent, context-aware tooling that deeply understands the Workday platform. We are creating a seamless development experience powered by AI agents that assist with coding, platform navigation, automation, troubleshooting, and application development workflows.

As part of this team, you will work at the intersection of developer productivity, AI, and platform engineering, building next-generation tools that enhance how thousands of developers build Extend apps.

About the Role

As a Full Stack Engineer on the Developer Agent team, you will design and build core platform capabilities that advance Workday toward more AI powered agentic developer experiences and workflows . This role is a strong fit for someone who enjoys full-stack ownership, takes pride in well-tested and maintainable code, and is energized by building agentic tools that other external developers rely on every day.

In this role, you will:

• Collaborate closely with peer engineers, product managers, and cross-functional teams to translate high level requirements into well-scoped, executable engineering work.

• Uphold API governance and engineering best practices within the team, including versioning, backward compatibility, and security standards for public-facing surfaces.

• Write clear technical documentation for your features and contribute to internal engineering knowledge bases.

• Contribute to release planning by evaluating the effort, risk, and priority of planned features.

• Own services through their full lifecycle, including incident response, root cause analysis, and ongoing reliability improvements

• Help improve team productivity by contributing to process improvements and engineering best practices

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience delivering full stack features at production scale.

• 5+ years of experience in JVM-based backend development (Java or Kotlin), with proficiency in the Spring Boot framework.

• 5+ years of proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript, including experience with React.

• 3+ years hands-on experience deploying and operating production services in a cloud-native environments like GCP or AWS.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Other Qualifications

• AI & Agentic Systems: Familiarity with large language model integration strategies, such as OpenAI-compatible APIs, data streaming, and tool/function calling. Basic understanding of agentic architectures and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) as a producer or consumer.

• Agentic Coding Tools: Hands on experience with AI coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf, or Cline.

• Backend API Development: Comfortable implementing real-time streaming (SSE/WebSockets) and OpenAI-compatible endpoints.

• Frontend & React: Proficiency in modern frontend technologies including React, HTML, and CSS to deliver high-quality developer-facing interfaces.

• Code Quality & Testing: A strong commitment to testing methodologies using frameworks like Jest, React Testing Library, JUnit, Cypress, & similar.

The following are advantageous but not required:

• Familiarity with LangChain or comparable LLM orchestration frameworks

• Hands-on experience with cloud development technologies and platforms (AWS, Kubernetes, Helm) is a plus

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.CO.Boulder

Primary Location Base Pay Range: $130,400 USD - $195,600 USD

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $123,900 USD - $222,000 USD

Additional Considerations:

The application deadline for this role is the same as the posting end date stated as below: 06/30/2026

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.

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