Principal Software Development Engineer

Workday

Pleasanton, CA, USA
Base: $206,400 - $309,600 usd; bonus/equity: eligi...
Fully remote
12+ years building large-scale distributed systems
10+ years public cloud experience aws gcp azure oracle
8+ years production grade kubernetes cncf ecosystem
This role leads the architecture and evolution of Workday's multi-cloud platform services ensuring they are secure scalable and highly available

Job Summary

  • This role leads the architecture and evolution of Workday's multi-cloud platform services ensuring they are secure scalable and highly available.
  • The team engineers the abstraction layer allowing one of the world's largest enterprise SaaS platforms to operate seamlessly across AWS and GCP.
  • Candidates will receive trust to take risks tools to grow skills to develop and support from a company invested in them for the long haul.

Matching Summary

This role leads the architecture and evolution of Workday's multi-cloud platform services ensuring they are secure scalable and highly available.

Salary

Base: $206,400 - $309,600 USD; Bonus/Equity: Eligible for Workday Bonus Plan and annual refresh stock grants; Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package including flexible work options

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 12+ years building large-scale distributed systems
  • 10+ years public cloud experience AWS GCP Azure Oracle
  • 8+ years production grade Kubernetes CNCF ecosystem
  • 5+ years development experience in Go
  • 5+ years Python Ruby or Linux-based automation

Nice-to-have

  • Curious minds and courageous collaborators
  • Sun-drenched optimism and drive
  • Experience influencing technical direction without authority
  • Deep understanding of cloud networking storage compute
  • Strong background in CI/CD and platform engineering

Key Requirements

  • 12+ years experience with large-scale distributed systems
  • 10+ years public cloud platform experience at scale
  • 8+ years production expertise with Kubernetes
  • 5+ years Go development experience
  • 5+ years Python Ruby or Linux scripting

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