Principal Software Development Engineer - Big Data Cloud

Company: Workday
Location: Pleasanton
Posted on: March 16, 2023

Job Description:

Your work days are brighter here. 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, its 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. About The Team Welcome to the Big Data Services team! We are responsible for big data platform at Workday on both on-premise and public cloud. We provide a highly available and scalable data services related to persistence, compute and enterprise security. Our services enable Workday to quickly and efficiently scale to meet the needs of our multi-billion-dollar customer base. We are crucial to Workday Analytics family of products. We power reporting, analytics, machine learning, and other data-centric applications. We are constantly innovating and challenging the way we do things. About The Role The Workday Big Data Platform team is seeking enthusiastic, innovative, experienced, self-motivated engineers to lead, design and implement best in class solutions in one of the biggest hybrid-cloud environments on Earth. The successful candidate will be a key influencer within a team responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting our fault-tolerant, high-performance platform for data analytics. In this role you will:

• Architect and develop scalable solutions on both Workday Data Centers and Public Cloud
• Rapidly build new applications and automate operations on one of the largest big data clusters on Earth
• Modernize our on-premise Hadoop infrastructure to provide public cloud-like services
• Work on multiple types of software development including REST services, logging/monitoring, and DevOps.
• Collaborate with Product Managers to help define our engineering roadmap and translate business requirements into technical requirements
• Collaborate with other team members to deliver innovative tools that solve challenging problems
• Improve our teams technical capabilities by applying cutting-edge technologies
• Serve in an on-call rotation for handling urgent production issues Were committed to your career growth. If you are willing to bring your experience and passion to make this role a success, our commitment is to continue to develop your skill set and foster your success in your career at Workday. About You Basic Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree or higher. Masters Degree and/or Computer Science major preferred
  • 10+ years of software engineering experience in an agile environment, preferably in SaaS/Cloud Services
  • 7+ years of distributed systems engineering experience primarily in Java. Other Qualifications
    • One or more of the following: Scala, Python, Ruby
    • Good understanding of enterprise security, encryption-at-rest/authentication/authorization
    • Good understanding of how Hadoop/Spark cluster works
    • Familiar with distributed computing design patterns
    • Experience in managing deployment with Kubernetes and Docker container
    • General knowledge about public cloud capabilities and architecture
    • Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills As a federal contractor, Workday is requiring all new hires to verify that they are fully-vaccinated against COVID-19 within 72 hours of beginning employment with Workday, consistent with applicable law. Workday is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates who are not vaccinated due to a sincerely held religious belief, medical reasons, or other legally-protected reason should contact accommodations@workday.com to explore what, if any, reasonable accommodations or exemptions Workday is able to offer. Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans. Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!

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