Software Development Engineer (Performance) at Workday in Atlanta, Georgia

Job Description:

Your work days are brighter here.

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

Do you embrace change and thrive in a dynamic environment? Do you love ploughing through uncharted territories, breaking down problems and designing innovative solutions? If yes, the Financial Scalability Team at Workday is right for you! We are seeking a talented experienced manager to lead a team of high performing software engineers who have multiple areas of expertise.

We triage problems related to performance, scale, fault tolerance and resiliency in a distributed computing environment and engage with the development teams to deliver the optimal customer experience. We build a suite of internal tools that serve a myriad of business requirements such as gather and diagnose logs, execute and interpret load tests, analyze big data in a simple manner using notebooks and many more use cases. Through this tool development we enable and empower all of Workday's apps and services to take ownership of and deliver performance and scalability to different levels

About the Role

We are looking for highly skilled Performance Software Engineers who debug, measure, analyze, and improve our Workday software. They are generalist with deep technical understanding of software, hardware, networking, and the Internet, who enjoy taking a comprehensive view of complex systems. Application Performance is achieved by working closely with all our engineering teams throughout the release cycle. Our ultimate goal is application performance that yields an excellent end user experience and scales to meet Software as a Service Infrastructure needs.

About You

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a Computer Science/ Engineering or 5+ years relevant experience


• 3+ years or more of experience building high-quality software in distributed environments using programming language such as Java


• 3+ years of experience in application and architecture code profiling


• 3+ yrs of recent experience in infrastructure and application performance tuning


• 3+ yrs of solving performance issue s in our 24/7 production support plan


• 3 years minimum of capacity estimating, modeling, or planning

Other Qualifications

• Characterize Performance, Scalability and Resiliency to Ability to prioritize projects, build robust documentation, and collaborate across teams.


• Unix or Linux and Python scripting experience


• OO design and Java development experience


• SQL and MySQL skills or equivalent experience


• JVM Profiling, GC Analysis and Tuning experience


• Hands on experience in sophisticated tool development to analyze performance issues


• Experience with Performance, Load, Stress, and Scalability Testing


• Experience with SOAPUI, JMeter, Loadrunner, JProfiler, Jconsole, and system tools vmstat/top


• Web Application Development, Application Servers Tomcat, Web Services development experience (SOAP or REST)


• Collaborative teammate

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.GA.Atlanta

Primary Location Base Pay Range: $124,000 USD - $186,000 USD

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $117,800 USD - $210,000 USD

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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