Principal, Performance And Capacity Engineer (infrastructure & Platform)

Workday

Fully remote
12+ years software engineering experience
5+ years distributed system architecture design
8+ years java python or go programming
This role involves designing cutting-edge frameworks for capacity engineering to ensure Workday's systems can handle rapid customer growth

Job Summary

  • This role involves designing cutting-edge frameworks for capacity engineering to ensure Workday's systems can handle rapid customer growth.
  • The successful candidate will provide senior technical leadership, mentoring engineers while identifying bottlenecks in complex distributed systems.
  • Workday offers a flexible work approach requiring at least 50% time in-office or field per quarter to foster community connections.

Matching Summary

This role involves designing cutting-edge frameworks for capacity engineering to ensure Workday's systems can handle rapid customer growth.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 12+ years software engineering experience
  • 5+ years distributed system architecture design
  • 8+ years Java Python or Go programming
  • Deep Kubernetes production expertise
  • JVM internals and performance tuning knowledge
  • AWS and GCP cloud-native patterns

Nice-to-have

  • Mentoring senior engineers and technical leadership
  • Continuous learning mindset and innovation
  • Cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Cost optimization framework experience
  • Strong communication with non-technical audiences

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred
  • 12+ years total software engineering experience
  • 5+ years designing high availability distributed systems
  • 8+ years hands-on coding in Java, Python, or Go
  • Proven track record of 99.9% uptime deployments

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