Principal, Performance And Capacity Engineer (infrastructure & Platform)
Workday
Fully remote
12+ years software engineering experience
Kubernetes production environment expertise
Jvm internals and performance tuning
This role involves designing architectural frameworks to ensure Workday's critical services can scale to meet rapid customer growth across private and public clouds
Job Summary
This role involves designing architectural frameworks to ensure Workday's critical services can scale to meet 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 distributed systems.
Workday offers a flexible work approach requiring at least 50% time in-office or with customers per quarter, fostering a culture of integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm.
Matching Summary
This role involves designing architectural frameworks to ensure Workday's critical services can scale to meet 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
Distributed system architecture design
AWS and GCP cloud platforms
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 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 track record of high availability system deployment