Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

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

Join our team and experience Workday! It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they're doing. At Workday, we're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business of enterprise applications. We work hard, and we're serious about what we do. But we like to have a good time, too. In fact, we run our company with that principle in mind every day: one of our core values is fun.
We are the Developer Platform team which is under the umbrella of the UI Platform organization at Workday -- primarily responsible for delivering new platform capabilities to our customers (internal and external) with our unique framework which provides customers a place where they can find a complete view of their functional area. The Workday User Interface is generated dynamically from metadata. Our mission is to empower developers to solve the user experience problems of today and tomorrow.

About the Role

As an SDET Engineer, you will work closely with development engineers, product and engineering managers to deliver reliable functionality for our platform. You will help streamline UI development core services and build a cohesive set of developer tools and automation. You will contribute to test automation, performance improvements, test stabilization and identify improvements to our continuous integration pipeline. Mentor and learn from other team members through pair programming, code reviews, brown bag sessions, etc.

About You

You are an excellent teammate who enjoys elevating the quality of our platform and is deeply proactive in surfacing bugs before our customers find them. In this role, you will be our quality champion and partner with development managers to help enable our teams to own their own quality. You will work closely with development teams and ensure the team is well equipped with your quality focused mentality and deliver products with a quality first validation, and you'll own quality with the team together. You’ll also help with bringing in libraries that will enable better software predictability.

• 3+ years of experience in quality assurance engineering for software products.

• 3+ years of experience delivering hands-on coding and/or scripting using modern languages in automation.

• Experience in crafting test strategies and automation for platform as well as feature focused teams.

• Experience in evaluating and integrating new tools and frameworks that improve automation capabilities.

Other Qualifications

• Professional experience with continuous deployment of large enterprise web applications

• Proven track record to work on features involving multiple platforms / teams

• Takes ownership to drive projects to completion and overcome roadblocks with positivity and creativity

• Hands-on with testing, build automation, deployments, and monitoring, in addition to design and implementation

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Experience in cross team quality partnerships.

• Experience in performance testing at scale.

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below.  Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.

Primary Location: USA.CO.Boulder

 

Primary Location Base Pay Range: $118,400 USD - $177,600 USD

 

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $112,500 USD - $200,400 USD

If performed in Colorado, the pay range for this job is $118,400 - $177,600 USD based on min and max pay range for that role if performed in CO.

08/04/2025

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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