Principal, Performance And Capacity Engineer (infrastructure & Platform)
Workday
Fully remote
12+ years software engineering experience
Kubernetes production environment expertise
Jvm internals and performance tuning knowledge
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 and guiding the team on best practices for building scalable, resilient, and performant distributed systems.
Workday offers a flexible work approach requiring at least half of the time each quarter to be spent in-office or with customers, fostering deep connections within the community.
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.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
12+ years software engineering experience
Kubernetes production environment expertise
JVM internals and performance tuning knowledge
Distributed system architecture design
AWS and GCP cloud platform proficiency
Nice-to-have
Mentoring senior engineers
Continuous learning mindset
Cross-functional collaboration skills
Cost optimization framework experience
Innovation in capacity planning
Key Requirements
Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred
5+ years designing complex distributed architectures