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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
Your work days are brighter here!
At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.
At Workday, we value our candidates’ privacy and data security. Workday will never ask candidates to apply to jobs through websites that are not Workday Careers.
We’re Platypus, an AI/ML-centered data engineering team and our goal is to ingest, manage, derive, and serve data across Workday’s growing suite of AI/ML features. Right data, right time!
ABOUT THE ROLE
In this role, you will contribute to the ingestion, discoverability, governance, derivation, and serving of data for Workday's Classic Machine Learning and agentic initiatives. You'll be working hands-on with technologies like Python, Spark, AWS Infra, Kafka, Terraform/Kubernetes, and Iceberg.
ABOUT YOU
You are a highly motivated and skilled Software engineer with a passion for data engineering and machine learning. You strive to apply technology to drive real impact on Workday's business initiatives. You thrive in a collaborative environment, working closely with your colleagues to deliver innovative solutions. You possess excellent communication skills, actively listening to understand different perspectives and effectively conveying technical ideas. You are eager to contribute to a high-performing team and are driven to continuously learn and grow in the ever-evolving world of Distributed Systems, Data Engineering, and Machine Learning.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: (Required)
- BSc or MSc in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Distributed Systems or a related field
- 4+ years proficiency in at least two of the following programming languages: Java, Scala, Python
- 4+ years in data engineering or related field(s)
- Working knowledge of cloud-based infrastructure and managed services (AWS, GCP)
- Experience with at least one of these data engineering technologies: Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg, Apache Avro, Apache Kafka, Apache Flink
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience in delivering a service from writing code to deploying in production: continuous integration (Jenkins), virtualization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes, Terraform)
- Experience creating scalable service endpoints to retrieve data
- Track record of working with logging, monitoring, metrics, stats technologies, such as: Grafana, Prometheus, Kibana, Hive, etc
- Proficient collaborating with teammates to design, maintain and improve sophisticated object-oriented software following clean code standard methodology
- A testing/quality approach - unit, system/integration and end-to-end testing, TDD, feature toggles, and canary deployments
- Exposure to operating system concepts covering memory and storage, threading and concurrency, networking and sockets, and process management
- An understanding and experience with topics related to performance and scale, security, availability, deployment and operations
- Experience being responsible for a service in production with experience of production triage and on-call.
WORKDAY PAY TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT
The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits in Canada, please click here. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits in the US, please click here.
Primary Location: USA.CA.Pleasanton
Primary Location Base Pay Range: $176,000 USD - $264,000 USD
Additional CAN Location(s) Base Pay Range: $140,000 - $210,000 CAD
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.
Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
Workday is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during our application process, in order to perform one or more essential functions of their job, as well as regarding the use of AI tools for employment decision-making to any degree. Please see below for more details including how to request an accommodation as a qualified veteran, due to a disability or for religious reasons, or as otherwise provided under applicable law.
Workday prohibits taking adverse action against any candidate or employee for reporting a possible violation of this policy, requesting one or more work accommodations, exercising a privacy right, or cooperating in an investigation in accordance with applicable law. Any employee who retaliates against a candidate or employee for doing so may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment, to the fullest extent allowable under applicable law.
If you require a reasonable accommodation, you may email accommodations@workday.com, as far in advance as possible.
ARE YOU BEING REFERRED TO ONE OF OUR ROLES?
If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!
At Workday, we value our candidates’ privacy and data security. Workday will never ask candidates to apply to jobs through websites that are not Workday Careers.
Please be aware of sites that may ask for you to input your data in connection with a job posting that appears to be from Workday but is not.
In addition, Workday will never ask candidates to pay a recruiting fee, or pay for consulting or coaching services, in order to apply for a job at Workday.
INTRODUCTION
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
Your work days are brighter here!
At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.
At Workday, we value our candidates’ privacy and data security. Workday will never ask candidates to apply to jobs through websites that are not Workday Careers.
We’re Platypus, an AI/ML-centered data engineering team and our goal is to ingest, manage, derive, and serve data across Workday’s growing suite of AI/ML features. Right data, right time!
ABOUT THE ROLE
In this role, you will contribute to the ingestion, discoverability, governance, derivation, and serving of data for Workday's Classic Machine Learning and agentic initiatives. You'll be working hands-on with technologies like Python, Spark, AWS Infra, Kafka, Terraform/Kubernetes, and Iceberg.
ABOUT YOU
You are a highly motivated and skilled Software engineer with a passion for data engineering and machine learning. You strive to apply technology to drive real impact on Workday's business initiatives. You thrive in a collaborative environment, working closely with your colleagues to deliver innovative solutions. You possess excellent communication skills, actively listening to understand different perspectives and effectively conveying technical ideas. You are eager to contribute to a high-performing team and are driven to continuously learn and grow in the ever-evolving world of Distributed Systems, Data Engineering, and Machine Learning.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: (Required)
- BSc or MSc in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Distributed Systems or a related field
- 4+ years proficiency in at least two of the following programming languages: Java, Scala, Python
- 4+ years in data engineering or related field(s)
- Working knowledge of cloud-based infrastructure and managed services (AWS, GCP)
- Experience with at least one of these data engineering technologies: Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg, Apache Avro, Apache Kafka, Apache Flink
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience in delivering a service from writing code to deploying in production: continuous integration (Jenkins), virtualization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes, Terraform)
- Experience creating scalable service endpoints to retrieve data
- Track record of working with logging, monitoring, metrics, stats technologies, such as: Grafana, Prometheus, Kibana, Hive, etc
- Proficient collaborating with teammates to design, maintain and improve sophisticated object-oriented software following clean code standard methodology
- A testing/quality approach - unit, system/integration and end-to-end testing, TDD, feature toggles, and canary deployments
- Exposure to operating system concepts covering memory and storage, threading and concurrency, networking and sockets, and process management
- An understanding and experience with topics related to performance and scale, security, availability, deployment and operations
- Experience being responsible for a service in production with experience of production triage and on-call.
WORKDAY PAY TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT
The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits in Canada, please click here. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits in the US, please click here.
Primary Location: USA.CA.Pleasanton
Primary Location Base Pay Range: $176,000 USD - $264,000 USD
Additional CAN Location(s) Base Pay Range: $140,000 - $210,000 CAD
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.
Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
Workday is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during our application process, in order to perform one or more essential functions of their job, as well as regarding the use of AI tools for employment decision-making to any degree. Please see below for more details including how to request an accommodation as a qualified veteran, due to a disability or for religious reasons, or as otherwise provided under applicable law.
Workday prohibits taking adverse action against any candidate or employee for reporting a possible violation of this policy, requesting one or more work accommodations, exercising a privacy right, or cooperating in an investigation in accordance with applicable law. Any employee who retaliates against a candidate or employee for doing so may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment, to the fullest extent allowable under applicable law.
If you require a reasonable accommodation, you may email accommodations@workday.com, as far in advance as possible.
ARE YOU BEING REFERRED TO ONE OF OUR ROLES?
If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!
At Workday, we value our candidates’ privacy and data security. Workday will never ask candidates to apply to jobs through websites that are not Workday Careers.
Please be aware of sites that may ask for you to input your data in connection with a job posting that appears to be from Workday but is not.
In addition, Workday will never ask candidates to pay a recruiting fee, or pay for consulting or coaching services, in order to apply for a job at Workday.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Software Developer
Verify your role qualifies as specialty occupation
Pull the O*NET profile for Software Developer and confirm your offer letter specifies a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a directly related field. Vague job descriptions citing 'any degree' can trigger consular scrutiny during H-1B1 visa adjudication.
Target employers with active LCA filing history
Search Migrate Mate's job board to filter Software Developer roles by employers who have already filed Labor Condition Applications for H-1B1 Singapore candidates. These employers understand the consular process and won't confuse your visa category with the H-1B lottery.
Confirm your employer understands H-1B1 is not H-1B
Many U.S. tech recruiters assume all work visa sponsorship means H-1B and a lottery slot. Clarify early that H-1B1 Singapore requires a DOL-certified LCA and consular interview, not a USCIS petition, so your offer timeline isn't built around April lottery dates.
Check prevailing wage before negotiating your offer
Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the prevailing wage for Software Developer in your target city before you have a salary conversation. Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above that level, so knowing the floor protects you from an offer that fails DOL certification.
Document your degree equivalency for consular review
Singapore's four-year NUS or NTU computing degrees are generally accepted as equivalent to a U.S. bachelor's, but bring your official transcripts and a credential evaluation if your program had an atypical structure. The consular officer, not USCIS, makes the specialty occupation call.
Plan your renewal before your two-year status expires
H-1B1 Singapore status is granted in two-year increments with no statutory limit on renewals, but your employer must file a new LCA for each renewal period. Initiate that process at least 90 days before your current status ends to avoid a gap in work authorization.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does my Software Developer role qualify for the H-1B1 Singapore visa?
Software Developer is classified as a specialty occupation under U.S. immigration rules because the role normally requires at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a closely related field. Your offer letter must specify that degree requirement explicitly. Roles described as open to 'any degree' can fail specialty occupation review at the consulate, so ask your employer to tighten the job description before the LCA is filed.
How does H-1B1 Singapore compare to H-1B for Software Developer roles?
H-1B1 Singapore skips the H-1B lottery entirely, meaning you can accept a Software Developer offer and apply year-round rather than waiting for an April selection. The annual cap is 5,400 visas and has never been exhausted. The trade-off is that H-1B1 doesn't carry dual intent protections, so consular officers expect clear evidence that your stay is temporary, and you must renew every two years rather than receiving multi-year approval.
How do I find Software Developer employers who will sponsor an H-1B1 Singapore visa?
Migrate Mate filters Software Developer job listings by employers who have already filed Labor Condition Applications for H-1B1 Singapore candidates, so you're not spending time on companies that only sponsor H-1B or have never navigated the consular process. Employers with prior H-1B1 LCA filings understand the DOL certification step and won't stall your offer waiting for a lottery result that doesn't apply to you.
What happens if my Software Developer job duties change after I get H-1B1 status?
Your H-1B1 visa status is tied to the specific job described in your certified LCA. If your role shifts significantly, such as moving from individual contributor engineering work to a management or sales function, your employer should file an amended LCA before the duties change. A role that no longer meets the specialty occupation definition could jeopardize your status at your next consular renewal.
Can I switch Software Developer employers while on H-1B1 Singapore status?
Yes, but H-1B1 visa doesn't carry the H-1B portability protection that lets you start work while a transfer petition is pending. Your new employer must file a certified LCA with DOL and you'll need to attend a consular interview before you can begin work for them. Plan for a gap in authorization during that process and avoid resigning from your current role until the new LCA is certified and your consular appointment is confirmed.