Senior Software Engineer, DBaas (US Federal)

Workday
United States
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 137,000 - 205,400 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Analytical skills","Interpersonal skills","Self-starter","Communication skills","Teamwork"]

Design, build, and manage a DBaaS offering that powers Workday database infrastructure with high availability and scalable performance. Develop and maintain APIs to improve database availability across multiple cloud platforms, build dashboards for database KPIs, and drive observability with auto-remediation. Support production and non-production environments, participate in on-call, and partner with service/performance teams to improve resiliency and architecture.

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Senior Software Engineer, DBaas (US Federal)

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Job Summary

Design, build, and manage a DBaaS offering that powers Workday database infrastructure with high availability and scalable performance. Develop and maintain APIs to improve database availability across multiple cloud platforms, build dashboards for database KPIs, and drive observability with auto-remediation. Support production and non-production environments, participate in on-call, and partner with service/performance teams to improve resiliency and architecture.
Location: United States
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Architect, design, develop, and manage a DBaaS service for Workday database infrastructure.
  • •Design and develop APIs to improve availability, scalability, and performance of databases running on multiple clouds.
  • •Write APIs and develop dashboards to measure database KPIs.
  • •Maintain observability for database monitoring and implement auto-remediation techniques.
  • •Support large-scale database instances across production, non-production, and development, including participation in an on-call rotation.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 137,000 - 205,400 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •6+ years designing, developing, automating, and managing mission-critical production workloads on Aurora MySQL, RDS MySQL, and other cloud-native databases.
  • •6+ years in database architecture and design, including replication, clustering, and HA/DR.
  • •2+ years of backend development using modern programming languages (Golang, Python, Java) across architecture, design, and development.
  • •4+ years hands-on experience with AWS and 4+ years managing clustered, highly available database services on Linux.
  • •Minimum 5+ years working in DevOps, including container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), service deployment, monitoring, and scaling.
Education:Bachelor's in computer science
Skills:Analytical skillsInterpersonal skillsSelf-starterCommunication skillsTeamwork
Certifications:DoD 8570/8140IAT Level IICompTIA CySA+GICSPCASP+
Tech Stack:Aurora MySQLRDS MySQLCloudSQLAWSGolangPythonJavaKubernetesDockerLinuxTerraformChefAnsibleCeph StorageGlusterOrchestrator for MySQLPercona MHAPercona GaleraVitessPure Storage

Eligibility

Nationality:US National
Security Clearance:TS/SCI W/CI Poly

Company Brief

Workday
Provides cloud-based enterprise applications for human capital management, financial management, payroll, and analytics. Delivers unified HR and finance software suites to large organizations, enabling workforce planning, talent management, payroll, and financial reporting.
Industry: HR Tech
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Pleasanton, United States
Founded: 2005
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