Workday
Principal Software Engineer, Agentic UX
$206K–$370K
USA, CA, Pleasanton · Flex · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Experience
- P5: 12+ years software engineering, 7+ years web development framework experience, 3+ years conversational or agentic AI application experience, and 5+ years leading projects or teams. P4: 8+ years software engineering, 5+ years web development framework experience, and 2+ years conversational or agentic AI application experience.
About the job
Build and operate conversational and agentic AI experiences, connecting agent logic to intuitive user interfaces and workflows.
What you'll do
- Design and deliver conversational and agentic AI experiences.
- Bridge AI reasoning and capabilities with clear, usable interfaces.
- Collaborate across disciplines, mentor teammates, and raise engineering standards.
What they ask for
- Software engineering experience: 12+ years for P5 Principal or 8+ years for P4 Senior.
- Web development framework experience: 7+ years for P5 or 5+ years for P4; examples include TypeScript/React and Python/FastAPI.
- Conversational or agentic AI application experience: 3+ years for P5 or 2+ years for P4.
- P5 also requires 5+ years leading projects or teams.
Nice to have
- Experience collaborating with product designers or a portfolio demonstrating high-quality UX/UI principles.
- SaaS product experience in cloud environments (AWS preferred); distributed systems, DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, Docker, Kubernetes, or Elasticsearch familiarity.
Pay
$246,000 USD - $370,000 USD (base salary); $206,000 USD - $370,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
TypeScript/React, Python/FastAPI, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, Java
AI focus
Build production conversational AI experiences and agentic flows, connecting agent reasoning and capabilities to user interfaces and workflows.
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