Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering, Graph Processing

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About The Team

Workday, founded in 2005, stands as a groundbreaking force in the human capital and financial management industry, with a global presence and a diverse array of customers. Across our offices worldwide, our teams are united by a shared dedication to innovation, collaboration, and excellence!

Join our dynamic team responsible for Graph Processing at Workday, which spans across Pleasanton, CA, Boulder, CO, Atlanta GA and Dublin IR. Our team is driving the evolution of high-performance execution engines that are critical to Workday's future. We enable our products to analyze vast amounts of data at unparalleled speed, which unlocks new capabilities for our customers. We are passionate about the design and optimization of AST-based runtime systems, and we foster innovation in both standalone and integrated graph processing environments.

We're looking for someone passionate about building high-performance, distributed systems who thrives in a collaborative environment. You will be joining teams that are always striving to improve their ways of working to increase the efficiency, resiliency, and quality of their releases. Using your unique experiences and skills, you'll contribute to our success in delivering high-value software to our customers.

About The Role

A successful candidate will lead multiple priorities with bold deadlines, be passionate about building high-quality enterprise applications, and be innovative in their approaches to technical delivery, process and operations, and relationship-building.

You are a leader, a coach, and a mentor - you will lead with heart and empathy, inspire your teams, galvanize in times of pressure, and equip teams and team members for success. You are a business leader with a growth mindset - you will use your technical expertise to challenge the status quo, find opportunities for positive change, and work with your partners to ensure sustainable business success for Workday. You will promote a diverse and inclusive environment where employees are happy, energized and engaged, and who are excited to come to work every day.

As the Senior Engineering Manager, you will have the opportunity to:

• Partner and collaborate with multi-functional stakeholders to prioritize, plan and deliver first-rate experiences for Workday customers
• Drive the activities of engineering scrum teams delivering innovative features for customers in key markets.
• Co-ordinate the analysis, design, programming, debugging, and improvement of high-quality Workday product(s)
• Engage with Development, Product, Core Engineering, Research, Agility and Customer Support colleagues 
• Help to identify, discuss and solve customer issues in increasingly innovative ways
• Understand and promote industry-standard methodologies
• Coach and mentor team members to help them to be at their best, assisting with career growth and personal development
• Personify and promote the Workday values of Employees, Customer Service, Innovation, Integrity, Fun, and Profitability
• Combine strong people leadership skills with deep technical expertise.

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience directly managing engineering managers
• 5+ years of experience building and directly managing impactful engineering teams
• 10+ years of experience with design and development using an object-oriented language
• Familiarity with distributed systems concepts and fault-tolerant software.
• Proficient in agile methodologies, tools such as Jira and accustomed to fast-paced environments
• Proven track record of coordinating the development and delivery of complex software projects in an organized manner. 
• Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience

Other Qualifications:

• You see software development as a team sport and thrive in a highly collaborative and agile culture where you’re always guiding and learning
• You have a strong focus on delivering high-quality software products and continuous innovation.
• You are proactive and able to deliver on initiatives that you start
• You demonstrate the interpersonal skills needed to positively influence important issues or decisions in a multi-functional environment
• You have the ability to communicate technical complexity in simple terms to both technical and nontechnical audiences
• You put people first and ensure a psychologically safe environment for team members
• Experience supporting team members career growth and development
• Proven experience managing technical teams in compiler, runtime, or distributed systems domains is a plus. 
• Knowledge in Object Oriented run-time systems and metadata driven declarative development environments is a strong plus.

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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