Sr. Software Development Engineer

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As a Sr. Software Development Engineer on the IXP team, you will contribute to building, scaling, and maintaining Workday's messaging platform and services spanning SMS, WhatsApp, Push notifications, and Email. In this role, you will work closely with senior technical leaders to deliver robust, high-volume email delivery capabilities at enterprise scale across Workday's core messaging and email infrastructure.

You will design, develop, and operate high-performing, resilient, and secure microservices. Your contributions will directly impact how millions of users receive critical, timely communications from the Workday platform.

Key Responsibilities:
Design, implement, and maintain critical components of Workday's enterprise messaging and email platform in alignment with broader platform standards and architecture goals.
Develop and scale core multi-channel messaging services, templates, and deliverability infrastructure, adhering to established design patterns and best practices.
Collaborate effectively across Product Management, Design, Security, and engineering team members to deliver high-quality email capabilities.
Ensure code quality, security, performance, resilience, and testability across all owned platform services.
Participate in technology evaluations and third-party messaging and email provider integrations, build prototypes, and implement optimized solutions for email throughput and deliverability.
Help shape team engineering practices, participate in code and design reviews, and mentor junior engineers on the team.

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of related software engineering experience, with deep expertise in building and operating high-scale distributed systems and platform services.
• 5+ years in modern programming languages (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Go, or C++), object-oriented design, REST/gRPC API development, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
• 5+ year experience designing and building scalable distributed systems, including event-driven microservices or messaging platforms, following architectural best practices.

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.

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