Sr. Software Development Engineer Agentic & Semantic System

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About the Team

About the Role

In this pivotal role you will spearhead the engineering efforts to bootstrap a unified platform that enables internal and external agents to interact seamlessly with the Workday Data Cloud through a robust semantic layer and MCP server framework. As a senior engineer you will be responsible to deliver mission-critical capabilities that meet rigorous functional and quality requirements on schedule.

About You

Basic Qualifications:

- 8 years experience in software development engineering architecting building and scaling robust and efficient software systems.

- 5 years hands on experience delivering Machine Learning or Agent systems from experimentation implementation validation and monitoring.

- Expert in at least one of the following areas:

• Machine Learning or Data Science familiar with Agent frameworks and design patterns.

• MCP protocol and server technologies

• Semantic engine or BI familiar with Semantic Modeling Knowledge Representations and BI frameworks.

- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related discipline or equivalent practical experience.

Other Qualifications:

- Strong understanding of development lifecycles for projects utilizing programming languages and frameworks like Scala Python PyTorch LangChain etc.

- Strong ability in Algorithmic Thinking to design and optimize solutions for complex ML and Agentic systems.
- Solid experience with API Development and experience in designing and building MCP server.
- Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Design principles and their application in designing scalable software architectures.
- Proven ability to lead Team Collaboration within a software development team and mentor junior engineers.
- Strong skills in verbal and written communications.

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 candidates 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 Workdays comprehensive benefits please click here.

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With Flex Work were 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 youll 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.

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