Sr Manager, Software Development Engineering

Workday • Pleasanton, CA

1d • $209,600 - $314,400 • Hybrid

About The Position

Your work days are brighter here. 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 Workday offers an environment where your talents can grow. Our winning technology is built on an outstanding culture, core values, and dedication to excellence. We're proud to have received numerous awards for outstanding workplace culture and commitment to sustainability, and we are looking for talented people worldwide to join us. The Resiliency Engineering team is a core part of the Infrastructure and Production Engineering (IPE) organization. We are dedicated to delivering industry-leading solutions to deploy, handle, secure, and reliably scale Workday globally. Supporting hundreds of products and services to meet the enterprise needs of 10,000 customers for our AI platform for people, money, and agents, we are committed to ensuring the robust and dependable performance of Workday Products and Platform. We deliver unique value through strategic engineering initiatives, rapid incident resolution, and continuous improvements facilitated by automated analysis of production workload data, embodying the mindsets of both Site Reliability Engineers (SRE) and Developers. About the Role As the Sr. Software Development Manager, you will lead multiple priorities with bold deadlines, be passionate about building high-quality enterprise applications, and be innovative in their approaches to technical delivery, process and operations, and relationship-building. You are a leader, a coach, and a mentor - you will lead with heart and empathy, inspire your teams, galvanize in times of pressure, and equip teams and team members for success. You are a business leader with a growth mindset - you will use your technical expertise to challenge the status quo, find opportunities for positive change, and work with your partners to ensure sustainable business success for Workday. You will promote a diverse and inclusive environment where employees are happy, energized and engaged, and who are excited to come to work every day.

Requirements

• Over 15 years of overall experience, including more than 10 years in designing and developing applications using object-oriented programming languages.
• 5+ years of experience building and managing impactful engineering teams
• Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience

Nice To Haves

• Managed teams that built products or critical infrastructure or dev-ops or Performance and Scale.
• Curiosity to explore and learn new Technologies, Platforms and problem spaces.
• The ability to thrive on a high level of Autonomy and Responsibility.
• Breadth of Technical Awareness to rally discussions on system Architecture.
• You see software development as a team sport and thrive in a highly collaborative and agile culture where you’re always guiding and learning
• You have a strong focus on delivering high-quality software products, continuous innovation, and you value test automation and performance engineering
• You are proactive and able to deliver on initiatives that you start
• You demonstrate the interpersonal skills needed to positively influence important issues or decisions in a multi-functional environment
• You have the ability to communicate technical complexity in simple terms to both technical and nontechnical audiences
• Public Cloud Technologies such as AWS, Google Cloud, Azure is a plus
• Experience in ERP application development is a plus
• Experience supporting team members career growth and development
• You put people first and ensure a psychologically safe environment for team members

Responsibilities

• Work with a team of technically sophisticated engineers on some of the toughest engineering-wide performance and resiliency challenges.
• Empower the team to solve problems for fellow performance engineers and product managers at Workday by understanding their needs coming up with short term workarounds and long-term solutions.
• Partner with other Engineering Managers to drive short term and long-term road map.
• Develop, coach and mentor engineers with empathy helping them advance in their careers.
• Support the team to do its best work by managing processes effectively.
• Personify and promote the Workday values of Employees, Customer Service, Innovation, Integrity, Fun, and Profitability

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager