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About the Team
The Security Platform Engineering team is expanding, and we are looking for new team members to join our Security Integration team. We are a multidisciplinary group of highly skilled engineers working to advance Workday security/ identity platform and accelerate the adoption of its services. We are focused on open standards and an API-first approach. Our mission is to empower development teams to innovate securely at scale while protecting customers' identities and data with best-in-class security solutions!
About the Role
This is a key technical leader role where you will be instrumental in advancing our platform. We are looking for a problem-solver first and foremost. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, navigates ambiguous requirements with ease, and generates groundbreaking ideas. In this role, you will tackle challenging problems, lead through influence, and guide others toward creative, impactful solutions.
You will:
- Partner with leaders in engineering and products to define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the security platform
- Direct and design large-scale features and architectural initiatives that span multiple teams
- Mentor experienced staff and sets technical standards for the team, including software design and code review practices.
- Analyze, design and develop solutions for complex product requirements
- Develop tools to streamline adoption of our security services
- Work in several key functional areas of the security platform, including Identity, Authentication, Authorization.
- Contribute to a collaborative team culture that encourages iteration and innovation.
- Travel for project-specific needs may be required, generally 1-3 times per year.
About You
Basic Qualifications
- 12 years experience in software development engineering, leading technical initiatives, designing complex systems, and ensuring the scalability and maintainability of software products
- 5 year experience in the Java programming languages, frameworks, and technologies
- Bachelor’s degree (Master's degree preferred) in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
Other Qualifications
- Deep mastery of Software Development principles, Algorithmic Thinking, Object-Oriented Design (OOD) principles and architectural patterns and their application in architecting highly scalable and maintainable software systems
- Deep expertise and experience in API Development (REST) and designing and building microservices
- Expert understanding of testing methodologies and experience in architecting and leading unit, system, integration, performance, security tests and observability tools
- Extensive experience with Source Control Management (SCM) tools such as Git, BitBucket, Jenkins CI/CD and establishing organizational best practices for version control
- Mastery in writing architectural or strategic technical documents
- Proven ability to lead team collaboration across multiple software development teams and drive architectural and technical direction
- Experience with relational database technologies (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server)
- Experience building and operating SaaS products in cloud environments (AWS preferred)
- Knowledge/ experience with developing security, identity, authentication, authorization solutions and open standards such as SAML, OIDC is a plus
Workday Pay Transparency Statement
The 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
Primary Location: USA.CA.Pleasantonclick here
.Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $170,200 USD - $302,400 USD
Our Approach to Flexible Work
With 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.
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Salary : $170,200 - $302,400