Senior AI Software Engineer – Deployment Technology

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About the Team

The Deployment Technology team is transforming how Workday is deployed and managed. Our mission is to reduce deployment time cost and complexity while helping customers realize value faster.

We build products that help Workday implementation teams and partners get customers live faster by making it easier to discover proven setup approaches reuse configuration automate repetitive work and use AI-powered tools to guide and complete complex implementation tasks.

We also help customers become more self-sufficient after deployment making it easier to manage and maintain Workday adopt new products and features and stay on top of ongoing change through intuitive AI-enabled experiences.

Working closely with customers partners and product teams across Workday were shaping the next generation of deployment technology across the full customer lifecycle.

About the Role

As an AI Software Engineer in Deployment Technology a newly created profile on the team based in Dublin you will design and build the AI-powered systems and tooling that guide and automate complex Workday implementation tasks. Youll work closely with Product Management data science and platform engineering to take AI capabilities from concept to production helping implementation teams and partners deploy Workday faster and helping customers stay self-sufficient long after go-live.

What Youll Do

• Design build and deploy AI-powered features and tools that automate repetitive implementation work and guide complex configuration tasks
• Integrate AI/ML models (including LLM-based capabilities) into Deployment Technology products from prototype through production
• Build and maintain the infrastructure pipelines and monitoring needed to run AI systems reliably at scale
• Collaborate with Product Management implementation teams partners and enablement to understand real deployment challenges and translate them into AI-driven solutions
• Continuously improve performance reliability and cost-efficiency of deployed AI capabilities
• Help define engineering standards and best practices for AI development since this is a new and growing discipline on the team

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• 8 years of experience in software engineering
• Expert level proficiency in Python
• Experience in LangGraph LangChain and LangSmith
• Proficiency in at least one other statically-typed language such as Java Scala Rust or C
• Demonstrated hands-on experience building applications with Large Language Models

Other Qualifications:

• Experience implementing agentic design patterns where an LLM uses tools to interact with its environment
• Experience developing and deploying applications on a major cloud platform (AWS GCP or Azure)
• Experience architecting complex event-driven systems capable of handling asynchronous tasks
• Proven success working within fast-paced agile environments and cross-functional teams
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical partners
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and translating complex problems into clear thoughtful solutions
• Committed to fostering an inclusive team-oriented environment and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement

Above all youre a builder who combines deep technical expertise with genuine curiosity about applied AI and youre excited to help define a brand-new engineering discipline on a team shaping the future of enterprise deployment.

Workday Pay Transparency Statement (For EU Locations Only)

Listed below is the base salary range applicable to this position. Workday pay ranges (and the precise pay offered to the successful candidate) are based on a number of objective criteria such as relevant experience and skills and educational qualifications level of responsibility demands of the role work location and business need. 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 awarded by Workday Inc. For more information regarding Workdays comprehensive benefits please click here.

Primary Location Base Pay Range: 91300 EUR - 136900 EUR Ireland

Additional Location Base Pay Range: 91300 EUR - 136900 EUR Ireland

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