Sr Manager, Software Development Engineering, Workday Community

Join one of Workday's key strategic engineering organizations crafting the future of digital customer success! Our team, Community Engineering, has amazing workmates who are dedicated to building solutions that delight our customers. As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will act as a key leader for a team of engineers operating independently in our Pune office to design, build, and deploy new software spanning multiple platforms and services. You will set the tone, leading not just the work, but the culture for our Workmates, representing them to cross functional leaders and the broader Customer Success organization within Workday.

Responsibilities

Act as a key leader for a team of engineers operating independently in our Pune office to design, build, and deploy new software spanning multiple platforms and services; Set the tone, leading not just the work, but the culture for our Workmates, representing them to cross functional leaders and the broader Customer Success organization within Workday; Guide engineers of varying skillsets and focuses in their daily work, invest in their growth and careers, and enable them to thrive as part of a larger team; Collaborate with Product Managers, Program Managers, and other Engineering Leaders to define a strategy for delivering on your roadmap responsibilities, clarify and communicate risk, and help us make important decisions to deliver for the business

Requirements

12+ years of total experience and 6+ years of leading and developing software development engineering teams of multiple roles, including but not limited to development, quality assurance, dev-ops and automation engineering; Expertise in software development engineering; defining, implementing, and evolving development processes, tools, and strategies for high-quality software delivery; Enthusiastic and proficient communicator, collaborator, and leader; Ability to work flexible hours in the evenings, 2-3 nights a week in order to collaborate with key stakeholders and leadership in North America timezones; Proven hiring and performance management capabilities, having hired and ramped up multiple employees ranging from junior to senior roles across different engineering roles, collaborating with recruiting and onboarding teams to train employees up to successful outcomes; Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline; Understanding of Software Development lifecycles ranging from Kanban to Agile, quality processes, devops principles, and hands on experience deploying/maintaining new and updated software to distributed systems, particularly in AWS; Demonstrated capability in managing complex engineering teams and strategic initiatives; Deep familiarity with development lifecycles for projects utilizing programming languages and frameworks like Java Spring, Python, and React; Experience deploying and maintaining containerized applications in cloud systems such as AWS or similar infrastructure offerings; Solid understanding of People Management principles for leading large software development organizations and fostering a high-performance culture; Comfort with and capable of delivering Technical Presentations to executive and technical audiences; Capable of mentoring junior and senior developers, investing in their career growth and guiding to overcome challenges ranging from technical to collaborative in nature

Nice to have

Experience with collaborative platforms such as Discourse, Adobe Experience Manager, or Drupal

Benefits

Flexible work schedule; Trust to take risks; Tools to grow; Skills to develop; Support of a company invested in you for the long haul