AI Engineer

Workday is building the next generation of AI agents through its Agent Factory, a production-focused environment where small, senior, cross-functional teams turn agentic ideas into features used at global scale. In this role, you will help develop and integrate intelligence feature layers that connect orchestrated model behavior to user-facing experiences embedded in the Workday platform.

You will design and deliver production-grade AI capabilities, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines and the orchestration frameworks that help pre-trained foundational models power practical, reliable enterprise workflows.

What you’ll do

• Develop and integrate intelligent feature layers behind Workday’s next generation of AI agents.
• Concentrate on intelligence orchestration and product delivery by connecting the “brain” to the product.
• Implement how pre-trained foundational models (including LLMs and vision APIs) enable functional, user-facing enterprise software.
• Build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines.
• Manage orchestration frameworks.
• Perform continuous prompt engineering.
• Collaborate with senior engineers, product managers, and designers to translate agentic workflows into responsive, reliable, user-centric features embedded in the Workday stack.

What you bring

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a proven record of developing, testing, and deploying production code.
• 1+ years of professional experience (or a strong, demonstrable portfolio) working with Large Language Models (LLMs), foundational models, or modern AI APIs.
• Demonstrated experience with AI orchestration concepts (for example, LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar tooling) and a strong foundation in prompt engineering for building functional LLM-powered features.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with API integration, backend application development, and managing data pipelines.
• 2+ years working with core development languages such as Python, plus modern software engineering workflows including CI/CD, testing frameworks, and version control.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent (Master’s preferred).
• Strong interest in user experience and a focus on applying AI capabilities to solve real customer problems.
• Familiarity with AI orchestration concepts, vector databases, semantic search, and prompt optimization techniques.
• Experience with data exploration, transformation, and integrating varied data sources to contextually ground AI outputs.
• Ability to thrive in a team environment with collaboration across software development, product management, and UX design.
• Eagerness to keep pace with advances in generative AI, autonomous agents, and LLM application design.

Tech you’ll work with

• Python
• LLMs
• Vision APIs
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• LangChain
• LlamaIndex
• Vector databases
• Semantic search
• CI/CD
• Testing frameworks
• Version control

Team and role context

• Agent Factory is where Workday builds its next chapter.
• Teams form small, senior, cross-functional groups combining product leaders, AI engineers, and full-stack builders to create intelligent agents used by millions every day.
• This role focuses on production-grade AI, deeply embedded into Workday’s platform, not research experiments.
• Teams own problems end to end and collaborate tightly across disciplines to solve real customer challenges at global scale.
• The work sits at the intersection of AI, platform architecture, and human workflows, with autonomy to shape how agents reason, act, and scale responsibly.
• Work occurs within a collaborative, cross-functional pod.

Location, salary, and requirements

• Location: Pleasanton, CA (hybrid)
• Salary: USD 147,000 - 259,000 per year
• Experience minimum: 5 years
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent (Master’s preferred)

Workday pay transparency

• Primary Location: USA.CA.Pleasanton
• Primary Location Base Pay Range: $173,000 USD - $259,000 USD
• Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $147,000 USD - $259,000 USD
• The role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, and may also include annual refresh stock grants.

Flexible work approach

• Spend at least 50% of your time each quarter in the office or in the field with customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role).
• Remote “home office” roles may have opportunities to come together in offices for important moments.

Equal opportunity and accommodations

• Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
• Workday will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law.
• Workday is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during the application process, including regarding the use of AI tools for employment decision-making.
• Workday prohibits adverse action against candidates or employees for reporting policy violations, requesting accommodations, exercising privacy rights, or cooperating in an investigation.
• For reasonable accommodations, contact [email protected] as far in advance as possible.

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