Sr Associate Software Development Engineer

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We're obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we're shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you'll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We're in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you'll do meaningful work with Workmates who've got your back. In return, we'll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you've found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

About the Team

The primary function of the SRE team is to ensure the reliability and availability of the platform to meet the desired SLAs by investing in meantime to detect (MTTD), meantime to repair (MTTR) and meantime between failures (MTBF), as well as reducing operational load (toil) to scale sustainably in alignment with business growth.

About the Role

Are you an ambitious junior engineer who loves the challenge of automating, operating and improving innovative cloud native service platforms? Do you enjoy learning by digging into a production problem and seeing it through to resolution and follow through? If yes then we would love to help you grow in your career

We're the team that deploys, operates and supports our cloud native technology platform that was designed from scratch for the cloud. We own the reliability for the complete stack and tools that delivers and supports Workday products across public clouds (e.g. AWS, GCP). The platform is built using Cloud Native technologies (CNCF), on a foundation of Kubernetes in Public Cloud environments. This provides a secure platform on which Workday service teams, and Platform development teams can build and test their pre-release code, through deployment to production on a continuous basis. Engineers from this team have shared their experiences at Cloud Native conferences, including KubeCon.

About You

You have a passion for identifying and solving problems on distributed environments scaling across configuration, Linux Operating System and network. You have some hands-on experience handling distributed environments and are eager to develop your skills further (Kubernetes experience is a big plus). You are Interested in improving operational efficiency, and believe that automation is the key to operating large-scale systems. You are driven to ensure customer success.

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience with Kubernetes
• Experience with Linux
• Proficiency with a programming language such as GoLang, Python, or Ruby (preferably GoLang (Go))

Other Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science or related field or equivalent years of experience
• 1+ years in handling and solving distributed systems in a public cloud
• 1+ years of SRE experience in a distributed systems environment.
• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Experienced with software development standard methodologies such as code management, CI/CD, testing
• Energised by working in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent documentation skills, experience with developing detailed runbooks, processes

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation

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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