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As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.\nAbout the Team\nYour work matters here. At Workday Government, we focus on outcomes that serve a larger mission. Our work supports U.S. federal agencies as they modernize and transform the full employee lifecycle experience and finance operations-so they can operate with greater clarity, accountability, and trust. As a Fortune 500 company and a proven enterprise cloud platform, Workday brings modern technology, responsible AI, and secure infrastructure to some of the most complex environments in the world. The work isn’t theoretical. It’s operational. It’s high-impact. And it demands rigor, integrity, and long-term thinking.The Developer Platform Observability team is dedicated to building the tools and infrastructure that power visibility, performance, and reliability across Workday’s Developer Platform. If you are energized by building infrastructure that makes complex systems understandable and gives developers confidence in what they ship, this is the team for you.\nIf you’re looking to apply your experience to meaningful, mission-driven work-alongside colleagues who take pride in building things that last-you’ll find that opportunity at Workday\nAbout the Role\nThis role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which, due to federal government security requirements, mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native).\nAs a Software Engineer on the Developer Platform Observability team, you will design and deliver scalable, secure, and developer-friendly solutions that support everything from logs and metrics to system health and diagnostics. This is a hands-on engineering position where code quality, thoughtful design, and tight-knit collaboration are key to success.\nThis role serves as a key technical liaison between the Developer Platform and the Workday Government organization. You will have the unique opportunity to influence our core observability strategy while ensuring our platform meets the rigorous demands of our Federal customers.\nWhat You Will Do:\nDevelop and maintain backend services and APIs that support customer observability and logging systems.\n\nApply algorithmic thinkingand object-oriented designto create maintainable and performant solutions.\n\nWrite comprehensive automated testsand participate in code reviews to ensure quality and resiliency.\n\nIdentify and eliminate manual operational work by automating tasks and improving the self-service capabilities of our deployment platform.\n\nAuthor and maintain clear, usable technical documentationfor internal users and team members.\n\nCollaborate with other specialists across the organization to understand use cases and deliver solutions that scale.\n\nSupport compliant deployments of services and new metrics backend architecture in federal environments, including AGR.\n\nParticipate in team discussions and design sessions with candid communicationand a collaborative mindset.\n\nThis role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Governmentwhich, due to federal government security requirements, mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native).\nMay be required to be on site at client locations in the DC, MD, and VA (DMV) area.\nAbout You\nThis role may require a security clearance at the TS/SCI w/CI Poly level. Applicants must have theability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance. An active TS/SCI w/CIPoly is preferred.\nThe Ideal Candidate:\nStrong software development experience, with fluency in modern backend languages and design principles.\n\nProficiency in API development,code testing, and object-oriented programming.\n\nA knack for simplifying complex technical problems into scalable and practical implementations.\n\nStrong team collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work across functions and roles.\n\nA commitment to trust building, accountability, and adaptabilityin a fast-moving environment.\n\nCuriosity and creativity in solving problems and improving developer experience.\n\nBasic Qualifications (Mid Level Software Engineer)\n5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including ownership of backend services in production.\n\n3+ years of hands-on experience with microservice or event-driven architectures for large-scale distributed systems\n\n3+ years of experience in object-oriented programming with Java or a similar language, applying design patterns to build maintainable services.\n\nExperience delivering backend services that expose APIs used by other teams or external clients, including responsibility for basic observability (logging, metrics, and alerting).\n\nBachelor’s degree or higher, in Computer Science/Engineering or related technical field.\n\nBasic Qualifications (Senior Software Engineer)\n7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including ownership and end-to-end delivery of backend services in production.\n\n5+ years of hands-on experience designing and operating microservice or event-driven architectures for large-scale distributed systems.\n\n5+ years of experience in object-oriented programming with Java or a similar language, applying design patterns to build maintainable, performant services at scale.\n\nDemonstrated experience leading the design and delivery of backend services that expose APIs used by other teams or external clients, including end-to-end responsibility for observability (logging, metrics, and alerting).\n\nExperience influencing technical direction across teams and mentoring other engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and technical guidance.\n\nBachelor's degree or higher, in Computer Science/Engineering or related technical field.\n\nOther Qualifications\nPreferred DoD 8570/8140 compliant with at least IAT Level II certification, including a current Computing Environment (CE) credential and one approved specialty certification (e.g., CompTIA CySA+, GICSP, CASP+)\n\nBachelor’s degree or higher, in Computer Science/Engineering or related technical field.\n\nStrong software development skills, with fluency in modern backend languages and design principles, and a track record of writing clear, maintainable code.\n\nExperience with observabilitytechnologies such as Grafana Loki or Prometheus, Elasticsearch, Beats, Logstash, or OpenTelemetry, and the ability to use these tools to make complex systems understandable.\n\nExperience with cloud-native architecturesand tooling (for example Docker, Kubernetes, Istio, Helm, or Envoy), including deploying and operating services in these environments.\n\nExperience with AWS data and compute servicessuch as Lambda, S3, Kinesis, Iceberg, Athena, or Glue, and how they fit into an observability or logging pipeline.\n\nExperience building backend services using technologies such as Java, Kotlin, Golang, and RESTful APIs.\n\nExperience with Infrastructure as Codetools (for example CloudFormation or Terraform) to define and manage infrastructure in a repeatable way.\n\nAbility to simplify complex technical problems into scalable, practical implementations that balance reliability, performance, and developer experience.\n\nStrong collaboration and communication skills, with experience working across functions and roles and contributing constructively in design discussions and reviews.\n\nDemonstrated commitment to automated testing and code quality, including writing comprehensive tests to ensure the resilience of critical services.\n\nCuriosity and creativity in solving problems and improving developer experience, with a mindset of reducing manual operational work through automation and self-service tools.\n\nWorkday Pay Transparency Statement\nThe annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.\nPrimary Location: USA.VA.RestonPrimary Location Base Pay Range: $163,800 USD - $245,800 USDAdditional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $148,200 USD - $264,000 USDOur Approach to Flexible Work\nWith Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote \"home office\" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.\nPursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.\nWorkday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.\nAt Workday, we are committed to providing an accessible and inclusive hiring experience where all candidates can fully demonstrate their skills. 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