Senior Manager Software Development Engineering - People Analytics

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.

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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.
About the Product
Workday People Analytics is an AI fueled analytical platform for HR that helps to make better and faster people decisions. It delivers insights, highlighting areas of focus without lifting a finger. Workday People Analytics helps bridge that gap with pre-built analytics, giving you automated and targeted insights in easy-to-understand stories. It’s essentially your analyst in a box!
Among our differentiation in this space is our proprietary Storyteller technology which automatically surfaces the most relevant insights for your business in natural language, doing the heavy lifting for users by sifting through millions of combinations of data.

About the Role

We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Software Development Engineering Manager to build and lead our team in the Chennai office. You’ll play a crucial role in growing the team and its skillset, you will collaborate with stakeholders across the globe. This is a great opportunity to lead and contribute to a dynamic and critical platform in a fast-paced environment.

You will be responsible for leading a team of engineers, ensuring the seamless operation of our product. Critical responsibility will be driving team onboarding and product knowledge ramp up, cooperating closely with our core team in Prague. This role will require strong cross-team collaboration and communication to effectively bridge time zone differences and ensure seamless workflow. You will lead by example, leveraging your deep knowledge building world class software.

Responsibilities:

• Build and lead the multidisciplinary development team, drive them through technical challenges, delivering high-quality solutions that power People Analytics at scale

• Assist team members with career growth and personal development, encouraging a culture of technical excellence and empowering your team to reach new heights

• Foster an environment where communication, teamwork and collaboration are rewarded

• Participate in our 12x7 on-call rotation supporting our applications in development and customer environments

• Energize your team and have fun engineering software!

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in a Software Engineering role using Java or Kotlin

• 4+ years proven experience leading and managing teams delivering software in an agile environment

• Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience

Other Qualifications:

• Proven experience building software 

• Demonstrated track record of delivering performant, resilient solutions in a business-critical SaaS environment.

• Solid understanding and practical experience with software engineering best practices (coding standards, code reviews, SCM, CI, build processes, testing, and operations).

• You see software development as a team sport and thrive in a highly collaborative and agile culture where you’re always guiding and learning

• You have a strong focus on delivering high-quality software products, continuous innovation, and you value test automation and performance engineering

• You demonstrate the interpersonal skills needed to positively influence important issues or decisions in a multi-functional environment

• You have the ability to communicate technical complexity in simple terms to both technical and non technical audiences

• Experience supporting team members career growth and development

• You put people first and ensure a psychologically safe environment for team members

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.

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