Senior Backend Software Engineer at Workday enhancing AI-driven contract management platform. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, user-centric solutions.
Responsibilities
Collaborate with engineering, data science, product, and design teams to build and evolve our vision, strategy, and roadmap
Participate in a supportive, iterative team culture that values curiosity, learning, and strong engineering practices
Contribute to the growth and success of your teammates through knowledge sharing and mentorship
Take ownership of multiple functional areas in our platform — from development to production (“you build it, you run it”)
API Development: Design and build high-performance back-end services using Python to facilitate communication between microservices
Actively monitor and optimize code to ensure platform performance
Implement comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and logging strategies to ensure the health and performance of all integrations and back-end services
Requirements
5+ years of experience in software engineering
2+ years experience with a web development framework (Python/Typescript preferred: Flask, NestJS, Express, Django, or FastAPI)
8+ years of experience in software engineering (for Senior role)
Experience in ownership of designing, building and operating of SaaS products in cloud environments (AWS preferred)
Experience with a Relational DB (PostgreSQL preferred)
Familiarity with LLMs and Agent development
Familiarity with the tradeoffs and architecture of modern distributed systems and event-driven architectures
Knowledge of software development best practices (DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability)
Hands-on experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
Familiarity with Elasticsearch or other document stores
Experience with observability tools like Sentry and Grafana, building and monitoring dashboards
Experience with designing high performance and scalable APIs with backwards compatibility
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.
Senior Python engineer building reliable web - scraping and data - extraction workflows for Mindrift’s AI technology projects. Processing dynamic websites into accurate, validated structured datasets.
Backend Engineer designing APIs and integration architecture for EvenUp's AI - powered legal - tech platform. Improving client portal experiences and application performance from Toronto or San Francisco hubs.
Staff Backend Engineer building search and recommendation systems for Affirm’s pay - over - time marketplace. Setting technical strategy and scaling distributed backend systems across Affirm’s shopping platform.
Senior backend engineer building reliable MySQL and distributed SQL infrastructure for Affirm’s transparent buy - now - pay - later financial products. Automating databases, migrations, networking, and operations at scale.
Senior backend engineer building and operating distributed database infrastructure for Affirm’s buy - now - pay - later platform. Automating provisioning, migrations, failover, and Kubernetes storage networking.
Backend Engineer building Resend’s SMTP and email transport infrastructure. Designing reliable delivery, throttling, routing, and reputation - aware systems for developers.
Salesforce director leading MuleSoft and enterprise data foundation architecture for customer engagements. Advising CxOs and delivering governed, AI - ready platforms across complex technology environments.
Senior Backend Engineer building scalable backend, ETL, and reporting systems for Commerce7, a winery commerce platform. Modernizing legacy databases and powering data - intensive SaaS APIs.
Principal Engineer shaping Xero’s accounting APIs and AI - ready platform. Leading technical strategy for partner integrations, developer tooling, and reliable financial workflows.
Senior Backend Engineer building scalable Java/Kotlin services for Toast’s restaurant reservations and payments platform. Delivering integrations, subscriptions, and guest - management capabilities across global markets.