Senior Engineering Manager

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

Our Workday Platform Security team is at the forefront of revolutionizing how we manage and secure data for both Workday services and our global customer base. Leveraging cutting-edge technologies, we're building scalable platforms and services that fuel Workday's growth while maintaining unwavering protection of our data and infrastructure.

Joining our team means directly contributing to the development and support of enterprise-grade security tools vital to our platform security strategy. If you're driven by a passion for safeguarding millions of customers' data and eager to implement security solutions at scale, this is your opportunity to be part of a top-priority initiative with significant customer demand.

About the Role

In a fast paced environment, you will lead a team of talented, dynamic and passionate software engineers, working with key architects, product managers, cross functional teams and other stakeholders to deliver high quality solutions across our Platform Security products. The team works in an agile environment while safeguarding the high quality our customers expect from Workday applications.

The successful candidate will be able to collaborate with engineering teams across Workday to implement Platform Security products with quality to address evolving Security requirements. As a leader you will help people develop and perform as highly as possible. You will guide your teams through ambiguity,  handle multiple priorities with challenging deadlines, be passionate about building high quality enterprise applications and be innovative in your ideas from a technical, process and relations point of view.

• Lead a dynamic team of engineers who are passionate and dedicated to building our Platform Security products
• Recruit top talent to grow the team capacity with the ability to motivate and inspire the team
• Partner with Product Managers, Quality Assurance, Technical/Functional Architects, and other stakeholder groups to plan releases, ensure alignment and implement effective solutions to key performance and scalability problems
• Provide estimates and initial assessment for proposed development tasks
• Track and report progress of the project against key milestones
• Balance resources with task assignments
• Support team members with career growth and personal development
• Mentor teams on how to deliver committed results, meet schedules, exceed customer expectation and resolve complex technical problems
   

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building and directly managing engineering teams responsible for key services in SaaS businesses
• 10+ years of relevant experience with agile design and development of SaaS solutions 
• Experience in growing a team by hiring and retaining talent at all levels of experience
• BS in Computer Science or a related field

Other qualifications

• Passionate about software development, service ownership and building a strong engineering team.
• Strong organizational skills with experience planning & executing complex software development.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong ability to coach and mentor developers and solid experience recruiting and team building.
• Experience working with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Our Approach to Flexible Work
 

With Flex Work, we're combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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