Workday
Senior Software Development Engineer (US Federal)
$148K–$264K
USA.VA.Reston · Flex · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Experience
- At least 10 years each in distributed systems; software engineering and systems, infrastructure, or platforms; one or more listed programming languages; and U.S. Federal projects.
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. citizenship is required; applicants must be U.S. citizens, naturalized or native.
About the job
Designs, builds, deploys, and operates distributed messaging, streaming, and caching services supporting Workday’s federal platforms.
What you'll do
- Develop and operate distributed services and software modules for messaging, streaming, and caching across varied infrastructure.
- Build observability, alerts, and automation; improve service resiliency and operational excellence.
- Optimize Workday in U.S. AWS regions and partner with Federal Cyber Defense on platform security and compliance.
What they ask for
- U.S. citizenship; ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.
- At least 10 years of distributed systems experience and 10 years of software engineering and systems, infrastructure, or platforms experience.
- At least 10 years using one or more of Ruby, Golang, Python, Java, or Scala.
- At least 10 years working on U.S. Federal projects; familiarity or prior experience operating large-scale SaaS platforms.
Nice to have
- Active TS/SCI w/CI Poly clearance.
- DoD 8570/8140-compliant IAT Level II certification, current CE credential, and one approved specialty certification.
Pay
$163,800 USD - $245,800 USD (base salary); $148,200 USD - $264,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Kafka, Redis, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes, OpenStack, AWS, Chef, Helm
AI focus
The team’s infrastructure supports AI/ML products and SKUs; the role focuses on distributed systems infrastructure rather than developing AI.
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