Principal, Performance And Capacity Engineer (infrastructure & Platform)

Workday

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Fully remote
12+ years software engineering experience
5+ years distributed system architecture
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 across private and public clouds

Job Summary

  • This role involves designing cutting-edge frameworks for capacity engineering to ensure Workday's systems can handle rapid customer growth across private and public clouds.
  • The successful candidate will provide senior technical leadership, mentoring engineers while conducting in-depth analysis of system performance and resource utilization.
  • Workday offers a flexible work approach requiring at least half of the time each quarter to be spent in-office or with customers, fostering a culture of integrity and shared enthusiasm.

Matching Summary

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

Salary

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Skills & Requirements

Must-have

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

Nice-to-have

  • Mentoring senior engineers and technical leadership
  • Continuous learning mindset for emerging tech
  • Cross-functional collaboration with product teams
  • Data-driven architectural decision making
  • Strong communication of complex concepts

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • Master's degree strongly preferred
  • Proven track record of 99.9% uptime systems
  • Experience with custom resource definitions and operators

Work Rights

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