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In-Office
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Senior level
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Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Senior level
Seeking a passionate Software Engineer to enhance developer tools, focusing on software architecture, automated testing, and collaborative development.
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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, 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.

About the Team

About the Team
Are you interested in an exciting new adventure building developer tooling? The Product Developer Tooling organization develops software and tools to support all of Workday Application Development and Testing and is extremely passionate about improving developer productivity.
As a Software Engineer in our Tooling organization, you will be at the foundation of Workday’s technology, building software that empowers engineering teams to rapidly develop, test and deliver high quality products. Our team currently serves the almost 3,000 strong Workday development community by providing scalable development and testing tools that are vital to support an efficient continuous delivery platform. We have a work environment that is not driven by external product launches, but instead by the needs of our own development community, which allows us to focus on producing well thought-out solutions that enhance our development environment, automated testing and delivery pipeline.

About the Role

We are looking for a passionate, experienced, Software Engineer to join us on our mission to help shape the next generation of our Workday Developer Tools! We want someone who will be at the forefront of shaping the development and test lifecycle of the other passionate developers who build our Workday Products.
Our team follows a hybrid remote model and is built on collaborative teamwork and trust. We love Slack and Zoom to enable our varied communication models, but also value face-to-face time during the moments that matter to our team.
This role is for you if you are...

  • Passionate about technology and building world-class applications and frameworks in a fast-paced, fun, agile work environment!

  • A proficient OO and/or functional programmer, enthusiastic about learning and applying sound architectural principles to build scalable/performant designs

  • Someone who is eager to contribute to the scoping, planning, architecture, design, implementation, testing and delivery of key Product features

  • Enthusiastic about collaborating with peers, engineering managers and senior/principal engineers on the technical designs and implementation of new features

  • Interested in participating in the release planning process by understanding the details of the upcoming features (design, effort, risk, priority, size)

  • Interested in Product quality, testing and functional test methodologies (Unit testing, TDD, BDD, etc)

About You

Basic Qualifications

  • 5+ years of Object Oriented and/or Functional Design and Programming (Java, Javascript, Ruby, Scala, etc)

  • Experience working with automation, CI/CD or web testing software

  • Proficient with HTTP, REST, SOAP, XML, JSON and other key web frameworks (e.g. React, Angular) 

  • Demonstrated ability to deliver on time, working in a fast-paced agile environment

  • Competence in communicating design ideas cohesively using UML or technical presentations

  • Agile Methodologies, Code Reviews, Java, Javascript, Python (Programming Language), Software Development

  • BS/MS in Computer Science or related technical field

Other Qualifications

  • Test focused with good TDD / Unit & System Testing, debugging and profiling skills

  • Experienced with common IDE, build & CI/CD tools (e.g. IntelliJ, Git, Gradle, maven, Jenkins, TeamCity, Artifactory)

  • Good code review skills and capacity to both provide and act on constructive feedback

  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills

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!

Top Skills

Angular
Artifactory
Git
Gradle
HTTP
Intellij
Java
JavaScript
Jenkins
JSON
Maven
React
Rest
Ruby
Scala
Soap
Tdd
Teamcity
XML

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