Workday · Canada
Join Workday's AI Model Serving team as a Senior Software Development Engineer or Principal Software Development Engineer. In this role, you will be a technical leader, making critical design decisions, driving outcomes, and fostering a positive team culture. You will design, implement, and maintain large-scale systems for moving ML models to production, and your work will directly impact Workday's ability to serve AI at scale.
- 6+ years of related work experience in software development, with a focus on building and operating large-scale distributed systems
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)
- Software Development and Distributed Systems: Deep experience designing, building, and scaling production-grade distributed systems. You understand the full software development lifecycle — from coding standards and testing to code reviews, source control management, and deployment — and you can apply that knowledge to complex, high-throughput platforms
- A collaborative approach to engineering, with experience mentoring other engineers and fostering an inclusive team environment
- LLMs and Traditional ML Models: Familiarity with both large language models and traditional machine learning models, including how they are served, scaled, and monitored in production environments. You understand the operational differences and can design platform abstractions that serve both effectively
- Python: Deep proficiency in Python, with extensive experience writing production-level code and building systems in Python-based frameworks
- You can design and maintain monitoring strategies that provide clear insight into system health, performance, and cost
- 10+ years of related work experience in software development, with a focus on building and operating large-scale distributed systems
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write clear design documents, articulate complex technical ideas, and build consensus across teams
- Help set the product vision for the AI Model Serving platform in partnership with the engineering manager, bringing a product-oriented mindset to infrastructure decisions
- (P5) Principal SDE Basic Qualifications:
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- (P4) Sr. SDE Basic Qualifications: