{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"af4da31e6b34b110493ee109","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/af4da31e6b34b110493ee109","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/af4da31e6b34b110493ee109","title":"Software Development Engineer, Product Engineering – Agent‑Ready APIs & Data","description":"Your work days are brighter here.\n\nWe’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.\n\nAbout the Team\n\nProduct Engineering builds the end‑to‑end product experiences that Workday customers use. Many of these experiences are now powered by agents and AI, which depend on a strong API foundation.\nThis role sits in Product Engineering but operates across product pillars. You will work closely with Product Engineering teams as well as partner organizations. You will shape the API foundation, architecture and operating model that makes it easy for Product Engineering to build agent‑ready, high‑quality APIs.\n\nAbout the Role\n\nAs a Software Development Engineer in Product Engineering, you will help build and maintain the APIs and backend services that sit on the critical path for Workday products and agentic experiences. You will work with technologies such as TypeScript/Python and Workday frameworks to develop scalable, resilient distributed systems and great internal developer experiences.\n\nYour work will directly impact how quickly Workday can build, deploy, and iterate on agent‑driven capabilities for customers.\n\nWhat you’ll do\nDesign, develop, and maintain product APIs and backend services.\nImplement robust API behaviors including routing, validation, authentication/authorization, transformation, and error handling.\nContribute to high‑throughput, low‑latency components and integrations, focusing on resiliency, scalability, and fault tolerance.\nApply API contract and governance practices using OpenAPI/Swagger and internal standards.\nBuild and improve frameworks and tooling used by Product Engineering teams to define, publish, and maintain APIs (REST, SOAP, Graph, etc.).\nUse observability (metrics, tracing, logging) to understand behavior in production and drive performance and reliability improvements.\nWrite clean, well‑documented, and testable code; contribute unit, integration, and contract tests.\nParticipate in design and code reviews; share knowledge through documentation, talks, and mentoring.\nOwn small to medium services or API areas end‑to‑end — from design and implementation through rollout, monitoring, and support.\nCollaborate with partners in other Workday code service and agent development teams.\n\nAbout You\n\nBasic Qualifications\nMinimum of 5 years of experience in software engineering building scalable backend services or platforms.\nMinimum of 3 years of experience with TypeScript or Python or similar languages.\nMinimum of 2 years of experience with web service/API technologies such as REST, SOAP, JSON, XML Schema, WSDL, GraphQL, etc.\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.\n\nOther Qualifications\nDemonstrated proficiency with modern AI‑assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate high‑quality software delivery.\nSolid algorithmic thinking (e.g., hash maps, trees, graph traversal, caching strategies) applied to routing, query planning, or data transformation.\nFamiliarity with distributed systems concepts: concurrency/multithreading, horizontal scaling, high availability, and fault tolerance.\nUnderstanding of typical API gateway responsibilities: routing, validation, authentication, throttling/rate limiting, transformation, and security policies.\nExperience with API specifications and lifecycle (OpenAPI/Swagger, versioning, documentation).\nGood understanding of testing methodologies (unit, integration, contract, performance) and tools such as JUnit, ScalaTest, Postman, Mockito, and coverage tools.\nExperience with source control and modern dev tooling (Git/GitHub, Gradle, CI, debugging, profiling).\nExposure to cloud‑based development (e.g., AWS, Kubernetes) is a plus.\nFamiliarity with MCP or similar integration models is a plus.\nStrong communication skills and a collaborative mindset; comfortable working with teams across time zones.\nCuriosity about agentic AI and interest in building APIs that power AI‑driven workflows.\n\nWorkday Pay Transparency Statement\n\nThe 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 .\n\nPrimary Location: USA.CA.Pleasanton\n\nPrimary Location Base Pay Range: $148,000 USD - $222,000 USD\n\nAdditional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $123,900 USD - $222,000 USD\n\nOur Approach to Flexible Work\n\nWith 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.\n\nPursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.\n\nWorkday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.\n\nWorkday is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during our application process, in order to perform one or more essential functions of their job, as well as regarding the use of AI tools for employment decision-making to any degree. Please see below for more details including how to request an accommodation as a qualified veteran, due to a disability or for religious reasons, or as otherwise provided under applicable law.\n\nWorkday prohibits taking adverse action against any candidate or employee for reporting a possible violation of this policy, requesting one or more work accommodations, exercising a privacy right, or cooperating in an investigation in accordance with applicable law. Any employee who retaliates against a candidate or employee for doing so may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment, to the fullest extent allowable under applicable law.\n\nIf you require a reasonable accommodation, you may email accommodations@workday.com , as far in advance as possible.\n\nAre you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!\n\nAt 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.\n\nPlease 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.\n\nIn 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.","company":"Workday","rawCompany":"workday","city":"Pleasanton","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-29T07:37:55.672Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1254.00","title":"Web Developers","slug":"web-developers"}],"industries":[{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Software Development Engineer, Product Engineering – Agent‑Ready APIs & Data","description":"Your work days are brighter here.\n\nWe’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. 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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.\n\nAbout the Team\n\nProduct Engineering builds the end‑to‑end product experiences that Workday customers use. Many of these experiences are now powered by agents and AI, which depend on a strong API foundation.\nThis role sits in Product Engineering but operates across product pillars. You will work closely with Product Engineering teams as well as partner organizations. You will shape the API foundation, architecture and operating model that makes it easy for Product Engineering to build agent‑ready, high‑quality APIs.\n\nAbout the Role\n\nAs a Software Development Engineer in Product Engineering, you will help build and maintain the APIs and backend services that sit on the critical path for Workday products and agentic experiences. You will work with technologies such as TypeScript/Python and Workday frameworks to develop scalable, resilient distributed systems and great internal developer experiences.\n\nYour work will directly impact how quickly Workday can build, deploy, and iterate on agent‑driven capabilities for customers.\n\nWhat you’ll do\nDesign, develop, and maintain product APIs and backend services.\nImplement robust API behaviors including routing, validation, authentication/authorization, transformation, and error handling.\nContribute to high‑throughput, low‑latency components and integrations, focusing on resiliency, scalability, and fault tolerance.\nApply API contract and governance practices using OpenAPI/Swagger and internal standards.\nBuild and improve frameworks and tooling used by Product Engineering teams to define, publish, and maintain APIs (REST, SOAP, Graph, etc.).\nUse observability (metrics, tracing, logging) to understand behavior in production and drive performance and reliability improvements.\nWrite clean, well‑documented, and testable code; contribute unit, integration, and contract tests.\nParticipate in design and code reviews; share knowledge through documentation, talks, and mentoring.\nOwn small to medium services or API areas end‑to‑end — from design and implementation through rollout, monitoring, and support.\nCollaborate with partners in other Workday code service and agent development teams.\n\nAbout You\n\nBasic Qualifications\nMinimum of 5 years of experience in software engineering building scalable backend services or platforms.\nMinimum of 3 years of experience with TypeScript or Python or similar languages.\nMinimum of 2 years of experience with web service/API technologies such as REST, SOAP, JSON, XML Schema, WSDL, GraphQL, etc.\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.\n\nOther Qualifications\nDemonstrated proficiency with modern AI‑assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate high‑quality software delivery.\nSolid algorithmic thinking (e.g., hash maps, trees, graph traversal, caching strategies) applied to routing, query planning, or data transformation.\nFamiliarity with distributed systems concepts: concurrency/multithreading, horizontal scaling, high availability, and fault tolerance.\nUnderstanding of typical API gateway responsibilities: routing, validation, authentication, throttling/rate limiting, transformation, and security policies.\nExperience with API specifications and lifecycle (OpenAPI/Swagger, versioning, documentation).\nGood understanding of testing methodologies (unit, integration, contract, performance) and tools such as JUnit, ScalaTest, Postman, Mockito, and coverage tools.\nExperience with source control and modern dev tooling (Git/GitHub, Gradle, CI, debugging, profiling).\nExposure to cloud‑based development (e.g., AWS, Kubernetes) is a plus.\nFamiliarity with MCP or similar integration models is a plus.\nStrong communication skills and a collaborative mindset; comfortable working with teams across time zones.\nCuriosity about agentic AI and interest in building APIs that power AI‑driven workflows.\n\nWorkday Pay Transparency Statement\n\nThe 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 .\n\nPrimary Location: USA.CA.Pleasanton\n\nPrimary Location Base Pay Range: $148,000 USD - $222,000 USD\n\nAdditional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $123,900 USD - $222,000 USD\n\nOur Approach to Flexible Work\n\nWith 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.\n\nPursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.\n\nWorkday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.\n\nWorkday is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during our application process, in order to perform one or more essential functions of their job, as well as regarding the use of AI tools for employment decision-making to any degree. Please see below for more details including how to request an accommodation as a qualified veteran, due to a disability or for religious reasons, or as otherwise provided under applicable law.\n\nWorkday prohibits taking adverse action against any candidate or employee for reporting a possible violation of this policy, requesting one or more work accommodations, exercising a privacy right, or cooperating in an investigation in accordance with applicable law. Any employee who retaliates against a candidate or employee for doing so may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment, to the fullest extent allowable under applicable law.\n\nIf you require a reasonable accommodation, you may email accommodations@workday.com , as far in advance as possible.\n\nAre you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!\n\nAt 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.\n\nPlease 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.\n\nIn 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.","datePosted":"2026-10-29T07:37:55.672Z","dateModified":"2026-10-29T07:37:55.672Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Workday","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Pleasanton","addressRegion":"CA","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"af4da31e6b34b110493ee109"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/af4da31e6b34b110493ee109"}}