Software Engineer - Talent Product Development

Your work days are brighter here. We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too. About the Team The Talent Acquisition Product Development team is at the heart of Workday Recruiting, empowering recruiters to quickly and effectively collaborate with hiring managers to grow their teams, nurture internal and external candidate relationships from source to hire, and deliver a delightful, personalised candidate experience. As we embrace new ways of working with AI, we are focused on opening up our platform through API development and agentic tooling — creating new possibilities for how our customers interact with and extend Workday Recruiting. Our team provides a highly collaborative and autonomous environment where we continuously question the status quo and deliver meaningful improvements for our customers. We are a team built on mutual trust and respect, and we strive to show our values through actions, not just words — and that includes having fun along the way. About the Role As an Engineer on the Talent Acquisition Product Development team, you will be working closely with scrum teams, product managers, and business partners across product boundaries. You will help to design and build scalable, highly performant, and resilient solutions that support the needs of our 60 million users around the world. A key focus of this role will be building APIs on top of new and existing functionality, as well as developing the agentic tooling layer that sits above them. All development is cloud-native, on a single codeline, enabling rapid iteration through our continuous development model. Key Responsibilities: Design, develop and deliver enterprise grade solutions. Develop an OO product in a metadata driven development environment Write and maintain proven, robust, efficient and maintainable code using an OO framework and tools Write reliable unit, integration, and system level tests that will run on our CD pipeline. Mentor and learn from other team members through pairing, code reviews, knowledge shares, hackathons, etc. Collaborate with multi-functional teams to drive technical initiatives. About You Basic Qualifications 5 years of experience with web application development and/or SaaS (Software as a Service). 2 years experience with Python Extensive development experience with object-oriented languages at a senior level (e.g., Java, C#, Python). A deep understanding of software engineering principles (e.g., design patterns, data structures, algorithms) and the ability to demonstrate their application in recent project work. Other Qualifications A collaborative team player with clear communication skills who proactively solves problems and takes full accountability for your code from development through production. Understanding of performance engineering and performance testing principles. Coaching and mentoring experience Experience with integra ... (truncated, view full listing at source)