Director, Data Engineering - ML/AI

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About the Team

One of Workday’s most critical teams, The Data Engineering Platform is responsible for building hundreds of ML applications. We aspire to make any data extractable and explorable, easily, for building many ML, AI and Data Insight features, to be embedded in Workday Apps and products. The goal includes scale, resiliency, privacy, security, compliance, and governance, which are all at the foundation of what we do. We enjoy the challenges of re-imagining a modern infrastructure to handle our ever growing scale.

About the Role

Calling all data engineering leaders!

Are you passionate about cutting-edge Machine Learning and its potential to revolutionize data products? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment? If so, our team wants you!

Your Mission:

• Own the Charge: Lead our Data Platform Team, driving innovation in data ingestion and management within our secure machine learning development environments.

• Build and Optimize: Design and oversee large-scale data ingestion pipelines, ensuring data integrity and security.

• Collaborate: Partner with product teams, data scientists, and engineers to drive innovation and deliver outstanding results.

• Mentor and Encourage: Foster a culture of technical excellence, empowering your teams to reach new heights.

Why Workday?

• Work-Life Balance: We believe in a healthy balance between work and personal life.

• Financial Stability: Join a market leader recognized for its stability and growth.

• Best Company Culture: Experience an encouraging and collaborative environment where innovation thrives.

About You

Basic Qualifications

• Proven experience (10+ years) in data engineering, data management, or a similar role with 5+ years leadership experience in managing large teams (15+) a mix of managers, data engineers, software development engineers and more

• Deep technical experience; architecture-level strength in designing data platforms that meet business objectives in collaboration with a strong technical team

• Strong understanding of data governance principles, data quality management, data lifecycle, security, and compliance

• Experience building pipelines using large-scale data technologies such as Kafka and Spark on cloud platforms

Other Qualifications

• Experience in a machine learning or AI-driven organization.

• Knowledge of AI/ML technologies such as GenAI , information retrieval (IR), recommender systems, query understanding and intent AI, LLMs, relevance AI, image and language understanding

• Expertise in managing streaming data pipelines at scale

• Experience in of MLOps / DevOps / CloudOps

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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