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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\nThe Adoption Team develops intelligent agents and capabilities that enable customers to manage Workday efficiently and maximize their overall experience. As a distributed-systems focused engineering group, we build and scale the agentic administrative tooling which supports Workday's core product suite.\nAbout the Role\nIn this senior individual-contributor role as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, you will bring strong applied ML expertise to a high-performing team of distributed-systems engineers, contributing to technical strategy and automation across Workday's administration platform. Working closely with Engineering leads and Product Managers, you will help shape technical approach, build and deploy production-grade ML systems, and support fellow engineers while partnering with core platform teams to integrate machine learning into Workday's administrative systems.\nDrawing on your solid industry background, you will work effectively within a collaborative ecosystem, turning technical capabilities into measurable business impact for Workday customers.\nKey Responsibilities\nDesign, build, and productionize machine learning models and pipelines that integrate with Workday's platform-level systems.\nApply and help refine best practices for ML engineering within the team, including model development, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring.\nPartner with distributed-systems engineers to ensure ML solutions scale reliably across Workday's multi-tenant architecture.\nOwn significant pieces of end-to-end ML lifecycle work - from problem framing and data strategy through model training, deployment, and performance monitoring in production.\nCollaborate cross-functionally with product management, data engineering, and platform teams to identify opportunities for ML-driven automation and intelligence.\nProvide technical guidance and code/design review to other engineers on ML system design and implementation.\nEvaluate new tools, frameworks, and techniques to help keep the team's ML practices current and effective.\nContribute to the technical roadmap for ML capabilities within the Adoption team.\nDesign and deploy Generative AI capabilities and Large Language Model (LLM) applications\nAbout You\nBasic Qualifications\nSubstantial professional experience in machine learning engineering, applied ML, or a closely related discipline, with a track record of shipping ML systems to production.\nStrong software engineering fundamentals, including experience building and operating distributed, production-grade systems.\nProficiency with common ML frameworks and languages (e.g., Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow) and with MLOps practices (model versioning, CI/CD for ML, monitoring).\nAbility to work with a good degree of independence - contributing to technical direction, participating in architecture discussions, and driving projects from concept to delivery.\nDemonstrated technical leadership and collaboration skills through experience with cross-team initiatives, establishing technical standards, and mentoring junior and mid-level engineers.\nDemonstrated experience designing and developing with Generative AI technologies and LLM integration in production systems.\nOther Qualifications\n7+ years of experience working within large-scale, multi-tenant SaaS platforms.\nBackground in applying ML to enterprise/administrative platform problems (e.g., anomaly detection, automation, intelligent configuration).\nHands-on familiarity with LLM orchestration frameworks (preferably LangChain) and AI agentic architectures.\nExperience with cloud infrastructure and large-scale data processing systems.\nAdvanced degree (MS/PhD) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.\nWorkday Pay Transparency Statement (For EU Locations Only)\nListed below is the base salary range applicable to this position. Workday pay ranges (and the precise pay offered to the successful candidate) are based on a number of objective criteria such as relevant experience and skills, and educational qualifications, level of responsibility, demands of the role, work location and business need. 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 awarded by Workday Inc. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.\nPrimary Location Base Pay Range: €96,000 EUR - €144,000 EUR IrelandOur 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.\nWorkday is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during our application process, in order to perform one or more essential functions of their job, as well as regarding the use of AI tools for employment decision-making to any degree. 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