Mid / Senior Full Stack Software Engineer - (US Federal)

Workday Government, LLC is hiring a full-stack software engineer to build and operate secure services for U.S. federal customers. The role focuses on delivering reliable, scalable features across frontend and backend systems, supporting high-security environments, and providing technical leadership.

Responsibilities

Write and maintain robust, efficient, and testable code using top-tier languages, frameworks, and tools—for example, TypeScript, Kotlin, Python, Rust, Spring, Webflux, Node.js, Express, React, and Cypress. This list is illustrative of the current stack, not a checklist every candidate must fully match

Support services and customers in specific high-security airgapped environments from frontend to backend

Design and lead meaningful features with a strong focus on non-functional requirements (scalability, performance, monitoring, maintenance, security, usability and quality, etc.)

Own the day-to-day operations of services you build, including on-call support, in close partnership with infrastructure and service teams

Balance feature delivery speed with system reliability, using well-defined service-level objectives (SLOs) to guide tradeoffs and prioritize work

Be a flexible teammate as part of a fast-paced product development team

Provide technical influence within the team, with ability to lead technical & functional discussions

Suggest enhancements for the product and build pipelines

Operate as a self-starter who can effectively manage numerous projects simultaneously, meet aggressive deadlines, and thrive in a multifaceted environment. You can expect a high-profile position on a great team with many challenges and rewards

Preferred

An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly

Experience on an Operations or DevOps team

Knowledge of Workday XpressO and Internal Code Lifecycle Development in Workday

Familiarity with multiple programming languages and paradigms

DoD 8570/8140 compliant with at least IAT Level II certification, including a current Computing Environment (CE) credential and one approved specialty certification (e.g., CompTIA CySA+, GICSP, CASP+)

Operations Team Experience

DevOps Team Experience

Workday XpressO

Workday Code Lifecycle Development

Multiple Programming Languages

Programming Paradigms

DoD 8570/8140 Compliance

IAT Level II Certification

Computing Environment Credential

Approved Specialty Certification

CompTIA CySA+

GICSP

CASP+

Benefits

May be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants.

With Flex Work, spend at least half (50%) of time each quarter in the office or in the field with customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role), with a flexible schedule that caters to business, team, and personal needs.

Company

Enterprise AI platform for HR, finance, and IT management

Pleasanton, California, USA

http://www.workday.com/

Founded in 2005

10001+ employees

Qualifications

United States citizens (naturalized or native)

US Citizenship is required

7+ years of professional software engineering experience designing, building, and deploying secure, high-throughput enterprise systems with multi-functional teams

4+ years of hands-on production experience developing backend services using Java or Kotlin (via Spring Boot or similar JVM frameworks) and 3+ years using TypeScript (browser or Node.js)

3+ years in a technical leadership role (Tech Lead / Lead Engineer) leading complex initiatives end-to-end (delivering 3+ multi-quarter projects) and setting architectural direction

3+ years of direct operational ownership for critical, customer-facing production services (99.9%+ availability), including active on-call rotation participation and SLA/SLO-driven performance management (p95/p99 latency, MTTR)

5+ years of professional software engineering experience building, testing, and deploying enterprise-level applications as part of an agile software engineering team

3+ years of production backend development experience using Java or Kotlin (via Spring Boot or similar JVM frameworks) and 2+ years using TypeScript (browser or Node.js)

2+ years of experience leading technical feature delivery end-to-end—delivering at least 2 multi-month projects from technical design through production deployment

2+ yearsof direct operational ownership for customer-facing production services (99.5%+ availability), including active participation in an on-call rotation and working within defined SLAs/SLOs

Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; or equivalent professional experience

3+ years of hands-on experience with containerization, orchestration, and automated pipelines using Docker, Kubernetes, Gradle, and enterprise CI/CD systems

Demonstrated track record of technical communication, including authoring or reviewing 10+ production-grade artifacts (e.g., System Design Docs, Architecture Decision Records [ADRs], or Disaster Recovery Runbooks)

Experience formalizing engineering best practices, driving design reviews, and directly mentoring 3+ mid/junior engineers

Experience managing production systems against strict error budgets and automated incident post-mortem workflows

Experience developing distributed and concurrent systems; secure, fault tolerant, highly available, recoverable, consistent, scalable, and predictable and the tradeoffs therein

Strong focus on performance, scalability, and security of services

Experienced in collaborating with diverse teams in a fast-paced, Scrum-based environment

Proven troubleshooting and triaging skills to resolve escalated production and customer issues

Skilled in turning ambiguous problems into clear solutions

Able to balance priorities and communicate cross-functionally

Strong written and verbal communication with technical and non-technical audiences

Applicants must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance

An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly

Experience on an Operations or DevOps team

Knowledge of Workday XpressO and Internal Code Lifecycle Development in Workday

Familiarity with multiple programming languages and paradigms

DoD 8570/8140 compliant with at least IAT Level II certification, including a current Computing Environment (CE) credential and one approved specialty certification (e.g., CompTIA CySA+, GICSP, CASP+)

7+ years of professional software engineering experience designing, building, and deploying secure, high-throughput enterprise systems with multi-functional teams.

4+ years of hands-on production experience developing backend services using Java or Kotlin (via Spring Boot or similar JVM frameworks) and 3+ years using TypeScript (browser or Node.js).

3+ years of direct operational ownership for critical, customer-facing production services (99.9%+ availability), including active on-call rotation participation and SLA/SLO-driven performance management (p95/p99 latency, MTTR).

5+ years of professional software engineering experience building, testing, and deploying enterprise-level applications as part of an agile software engineering team.

3+ years of production backend development experience using Java or Kotlin (via Spring Boot or similar JVM frameworks) and 2+ years using TypeScript (browser or Node.js).

2+ years of experience leading technical feature delivery end-to-end—delivering at least 2 multi-month projects from technical design through production deployment.

2+ yearsof direct operational ownership for customer-facing production services (99.5%+ availability), including active participation in an on-call rotation and working within defined SLAs/SLOs.

3+ years of hands-on experience with containerization, orchestration, and automated pipelines using Docker, Kubernetes, Gradle, and enterprise CI/CD systems.

Required skills

Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot, TypeScript, Docker, Kubernetes, Gradle, CI/CD, Distributed Systems, Production Service Operations, Service-Level Objectives (SLOs), Security Engineering, TS/SCI Clearance with CI Polygraph, IAT Level II, Computing Environment (CE) Certification, CompTIA CySA+, GICSP, CASP+

Preferred skills

An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly, Experience on an Operations or DevOps team

Experience

5+ years