Software Development Engineer

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At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

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About the Team

Our Workday Platform Security team is at the forefront of revolutionizing how we manage, secure, and deliver key management for both Workday services and our global customer base. Leveraging cutting-edge technologies, we're building scalable platform and services that fuel Workday's growth while maintaining unwavering protection of our data and infrastructure.
Joining our team means directly contributing to the development and support of enterprise-grade security tools vital to our platform security strategy. If you're driven by a passion for safeguarding millions of customers' data and eager to implement key management solutions at scale, this is your opportunity to be part of a top-priority initiative with significant customer demand.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced software developer with an interest in practical cryptography to join us in building the most secure services on premises and in Hybrid Cloud environments.

You should have experience designing scalable, customer-centric systems and a passion for delivering secure software solutions. Along with senior leaders, principal engineers, and security specialists you will solve challenges of growing and operating a globally distributed cryptographic security service. This role’s charter is to develop, build, deploy, and support platform security specific solutions and infrastructure to help protect Workday customers data. 

The successful candidate will have a demonstrated ability to work in a production focused organization. You will be working in a rapidly moving environment where resilience and scalability are key non-functional requirements. This will require you to work effectively within your own team but also to coordinate with others in teams both locally and in other timezones.
 

You will be:

• Building a massively scalable digital security system that is core to all Workday services.

• Owning the complete software development lifecycle; defining, prioritizing, designing, and leading implementation and testing of new features.

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years Software Development experience, taking ownership of the design, development, and delivery of software components.
• Strong proficiency in Java or Scala, Design Patterns, Distributed Systems design, and effective communication of design ideas.
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP, HTTP, SSL/TLS.
• Full lifecycle Software Engineering experience: coding standards, testing, code reviews, SCM (e.g., Git), operations.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a proven ability to tackle production incidents effectively during on-call responsibilities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for global team interaction.

Other Qualifications:

• Familiarity with cryptographic/encryption technologies & procedures (AES, RSA, Hash, FIPS, etc) and systems like Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Certificate Authority (CA), Key Management Systems (KMS) or Hardware Security Modules (HSM).
• Experience with AWS and GCP.

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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