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

We are a diverse and dynamic research organization, responsible for utilizing data along with research insights to influence design, product, and strategic business decisions. We’re passionate about crafting an outstanding research organization at Workday, known for delivering high quality, timely insights that enable Workday to deliver solutions that help thousands of employees around the world.

About the Role

As a Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in building the data pipelines necessary to equip data science teams with the right information to inform excellent user experience. You will play a pivotal role in enabling data science and user research to influence business and product strategy as well as improving existing products.

Our ideal candidate is an experienced software engineer with a track record of designing and developing methods, processes and systems to ingest, consolidate and analyze unstructured data, from diverse sources in order to generate actionable insights and solutions.

 

Areas of responsibility include:

• Active management of big data sets - lakes, warehouses, spark.

• Partner with leadership to determine an optimal resourcing plan for a data science team focused on experimentation and user experience.

• Develop models of usage and user behavior through analysis of complex data from a variety of sources. 

• Build datasets using software engineering best practices, data management fundamentals, data storage principles, recent advances in distributed systems, and operational and engineering excellence

• Analyze systems, review data models, develop transformations, and document the specifications.

• Demonstrate passion for quality and productivity by using efficient development techniques, standards and guidelines.

• Effectively communicate through user documentation, commented code, and interactions with collaborators and adjacent teams.

• Play a role in developing and delivering key UX metrics and partner with research to provide actionable insights to improve the user experience.

• Be curious and willing to present new ideas among peers and leadership

About You

Basic Qualifications include:

• 3+Experience building and optimizing data pipelines, architecture and data sets. 

• 2+ years of experience with AWS cloud services: EC2, EMR, RDS, Redshift

• 2+ years of experience with object-oriented/object functioning scripting languages: Python, Java, C++, Scala etc.

• 2+ years of industry experience in analytics focused on enhancing products and driving innovation.

Other Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in computer science, applied math, physics, engineering, statistics, economics or related field.

• Strong analytic skills related to working with unstructured and structured datasets.

• Experience with front-end and/or mobile application development

• Creative thinker able to apply first-principles reasoning to solve complex problems.

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 click here.

Primary Location: USA.CO.Boulder

 

Primary Location Base Pay Range: $128,800 USD - $193,200 USD

 

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $122,400 USD - $217,200 USD

If performed in Colorado, the pay range for this job is $128,800 - $193,200 USD based on min and max pay range for that role if performed in CO.

The application deadline for this role is the same as the posting end date stated as below:
 

04/19/2025

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