# Software Development Engineer - US Federal 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.VA.Reston
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $137K to $205K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-08
- Apply by: 2026-11-22
- Apply: https://workday.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Workday/job/USAVAReston/Software-Development-Engineer---US-Federal_JR-0109352?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/workday-software-development-engineer-us-federal-4/

## About the role

This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which, due to federal government security requirements, mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native). Are you eager to work on highly-scalable distributed systems? Come join our team of competent, personable engineers operating and improving Workday Government’s observability platform. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- BS in Computer Science or a related technical field
- Minimum 5 years of experience building and deploying highly-scalable software
- Experience deploying software to public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience Scripting skills with any programming language
- Understanding of system design, particularly distributed systems
- Good knowledge and understanding of Kubernetes


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