Software Development Engineer - Java

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

Workday, founded in 2005, stands as a groundbreaking force in the human capital and financial management industry, with a global presence and a diverse array of customers. Across our offices worldwide, our teams are united by a shared dedication to innovation, collaboration, and excellence!

Join our Web Service Frameworks team, which globally-spans across Chennai (India), Dublin (Ireland) and Pleasanton (United States)! We are passionate about enabling Workday developers to build, publish, and maintain SOAP and REST APIs for their product areas. We value innovation, teamwork, and a strong sense of ownership. We believe that mistakes are invaluable opportunities for growth, and we continuously learn from them to improve.

About the Role

Do what you love. Love what you do.

At Workday, we help the world’s largest organizations adapt to what’s next by bringing finance, HR, and planning into a single enterprise cloud. We work hard, and we’re serious about what we do. But we like to have fun too. We put people first, celebrate diversity, drive innovation, and do good in the communities where we live and work.

What does a Software Development Engineer do at Workday?

• Designs and implements elegant, scalable and performant features and components in a team-oriented environment

• Delivers high quality, well thought-out features that keep Workday's application developers in mind

• Collaborates with team members by white-boarding and working through ideas with constructive recommendations from the rest of the team and vice-versa

• Shares knowledge via mentoring, reviews and technical discussions

• Introduces the team to new technologies, frameworks, and points of view

Our Tech Stack

• Java/JUnit

• XpressO (Workday proprietary)

About You

Are you passionate about Web APIs? Are you interested in building the future framework to support Workday's SOAP and REST offerings? Do you consider yourself an advocate on the subject of Web APIs? Do you like sharing knowledge with your peers and inspiring creativity within your team? Do you enjoy attending meetups, hackathons and Dev Conferences? Then you sound like an ideal candidate to apply to our role with the Workday Web Services Frameworks team!

Basic Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience with object-oriented design and programming with Java, including 1 year of REST APIs development experience.

• 3+ years of experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.) and standard development tools and processes: source control, IDEs, frameworks, JUnit tests, debugging, issue trackers

• Demonstrated experience delivering projects by leveraging curiosity and collaboration in feature design

• Proven ability to share knowledge via formal mentoring, reviewing code, reviewing design docs, giving technical talks, teaching classes, or as a project consultant

• Competence in communicating design ideas cohesively using UML and presentations

• Ability to ask “what can I do to help?” to propel the team or technology forward without prompting

Other Qualifications

• 1+ year of experience with other Web Services technologies (SOAP, XML/Schema, WSDL, XSLT, SAX, etc.)

• Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience

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.

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