Principal, Performance And Capacity Engineer (infrastructure & Platform)

Workday

Fully remote
12+ years software engineering experience
Distributed system architecture design
Kubernetes production environment expertise
This role involves designing cutting-edge frameworks for capacity engineering to ensure Workday's critical services can scale rapidly across private and public clouds

Job Summary

  • This role involves designing cutting-edge frameworks for capacity engineering to ensure Workday's critical services can scale rapidly across private and public clouds.
  • The team fosters an environment of open communication and mutual support where every member's contribution is valued in tackling big challenges together.
  • Candidates will provide senior technical leadership, mentoring engineers and guiding the team on best practices for building scalable, resilient, and performant distributed systems.

Matching Summary

This role involves designing cutting-edge frameworks for capacity engineering to ensure Workday's critical services can scale rapidly across private and public clouds.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 12+ years software engineering experience
  • Distributed system architecture design
  • Kubernetes production environment expertise
  • JVM internals and performance tuning
  • AWS and GCP cloud platforms

Nice-to-have

  • Mentoring senior engineers
  • Cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Continuous learning mindset
  • Cost optimization frameworks
  • Innovative problem-solving approach

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • Master's degree strongly preferred
  • 8+ years programming experience in Java, Python, or Go
  • 5+ years designing complex distributed system architectures
  • Proven ability to deliver 99.9% uptime systems

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