Principal, Software Engineer (Distributed Systems)

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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.

About the Team

The Query team develops code at the very heart of Workday’s cloud based software platform. As a member of this team you’ll work with exceptionally innovative and experienced engineers that have built highly robust, performant and scalable data query solutions that today service half a billion queries a day with 97% of queries executing in less than 5ms.

Joining this team will allow you to drive the architectural direction for our distributed query engine and further deepen your technical strengths.

Be truly agile and see your solutions in production use at the speed of cloud with rapid deployments. You’ll find your knowledge, experience and talents fully taxed and then some.

Curious to scale this technology into the future, and can cover the requirements below? Give us a shout!

About the Role

• Experience in database systems, compiler design, abstract syntax tree is nice to have
• The Engineer would get experience working in query parsing, query compilation, query planning and indexing.
• Ideal engineer has worked through the internals of an in-memory database system with focus on scale and quality.
• This is an exciting opportunity of building infrastructure at scale for Workday's next generation cloud platform.

About YouBasic Qualifications- Senior Software Engineer

• 7+ years of software engineering experience
• 5+ years of distributed systems engineering experience utilizing one or more of the following : Java, Scala, Python, Golang
• Experience in building Database internals for one or more of Query Processing, Query Parsing and Compilation or Query Storage

Basic Qualifications- Principal Software Engineer

• 9+ years of software engineering experience
• 7+ years of distributed systems engineering experience utilizing one or more of the following : Java, Scala, Python, Golang
• Experience in building Database internals for one or more of Query Processing, Query Parsing and Compilation or Query Storage

Other Qualifications

• Deep expertise in designing, building, operating and troubleshooting Linux / Unix-based large-scale Internet systems.
• Large scale web operations in Software-as-a-Service or Consumer Web.

Workday Pay Transparency Statement - United States

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations in the United States (US) 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.CA.Pleasanton

Primary Location Base Pay Range : $176,000 - $264,000

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range : $148,800 - $264,000

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.

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.

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