# Software Development Engineer - UI and Tooling - Java, Go or Kotlin at Workday

- Company: Workday
- What the company does: Experience a new way to work with Sana and agentic AI from Workday. Backed by Greylock, NEA and Menlo.
- Company website: https://www.workday.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: USA, CA, Pleasanton
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $148K to $222K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-30
- Apply by: 2026-12-14
- Apply: https://workday.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Workday/job/USA-CA-Pleasanton/Software-Development-Engineer_JR-0109889?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/workday-software-development-engineer-ui-and-tooling-java-go-or-kotlin/

## About the role

As an Engineer on the UI and Tooling Server team, you will design, build, and operate the backend services at the core of Workday's Developer Platform. You will work primarily across a JVM stack Java and Kotlin, Spring Boot running on AWS and Kubernetes owning features end to end — from API contract, to modern agentic user interface like A2UI, to production health. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of software engineering with a strong focus on backend microservice architectures and distributed systems
- Programming: Java or Kotlin, with production Spring Boot experience. Go is a plus
- Cloud platforms: AWS (preferred), GCP, or Azure
- Containerization and orchestration: Docker and Kubernetes
- 3+ years operating production services you own — including observability (metrics, logging, tracing), SLO-based alerting, and on-call


Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/workday-software-development-engineer-ui-and-tooling-java-go-or-kotlin/