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 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 successful candidate will provide senior technical leadership, mentoring engineers and guiding the team on best practices for building scalable, resilient 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 team.
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
5+ years distributed system architecture design
8+ years Java Python or Go programming
Deep understanding of JVM internals
Production Kubernetes expertise
AWS and GCP cloud native patterns
Nice-to-have
Mentoring senior engineers
Cross-functional collaboration skills
Continuous learning mindset
Cost optimization frameworks
Innovation in capacity planning
Key Requirements
Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred
Proven track record of 99.9% uptime systems
Experience with custom resource definitions and operators