Senior Engineer (Tech Lead) - 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 a Senior Engineer / Tech Lead on the Talent Acquisition Product Development team, you will be a hands-on technical leader working closely with scrum teams, product managers, and business partners across product boundaries. You will 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: Drive the design and development of scalable, highly performant, and highly available enterprise application solutions — including APIs and agentic tooling — that directly impact our global user base. Innovate constantly while delivering efficient, robust, and maintainable code within an object-oriented framework. Champion code quality by delivering reliable unit, integration, and system-level tests that run on our continuous delivery pipeline, ensuring robust and stable production systems. Partner effectively with product managers and senior partners to shape and drive the product vision. Communicate complex technical ideas simply and effectively to support informed decision-making with senior leadership . Coach and mentor team members to deliver to high standards, actively contributing to pair programming, interactive code reviews, design reviews, knowledge-sharing sessions, and innovation-focused hackathons. Collaborate cross-functionally with local and remote technical teams, ensuring we consistently deliver the best possible solutions to our customers. About You Basic Qualifications 8 years of experience with web application development and/or SaaS (Software as a Service). 2 years experience with Python Ext ... (truncated, view full listing at source)