Frontend Developer

The Developer Tooling team at Workday builds AI-powered tools for external developers. The role is for a Full Stack Developer to work on App Builder, CLI, and other developer tools, using React and Node.js.

• Act as a Directly Responsible Individual (DRI), driving ambiguous, complex problems from initial concept to production. You are comfortable defining success metrics, aligning stakeholders, and leading small, high-impact teams to deliver scalable solutions
• Contribute to and deliver new and existing features for App Builder, the CLI, and other developer tools, with a focus on scalability, performance, and a high-quality developer experience.
• Collaborate with peers, product owners, and designers to scope, plan, and ship features in an agile environment.
• Discover and troubleshoot issues within the existing architecture and codebase, identifying opportunities for improvement and keeping the platform healthy and forward-looking.
• Support developer-facing documentation, onboarding flows, and tooling improvements that make the platform easier to adopt and extend.
• Contribute to release planning by evaluating the effort, risk, and priority of planned features.
• Help improve team productivity by contributing to process improvements and engineering best practices

• 4+ years of professional experience building and supporting multi-tier or full stack web software
• 4+ years of deep proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript, including mandatory experience with React
• 4+ years of experience in Node.js for backend service development
• 4+ years experience developing RESTful APIs and manage complex third-party API integrations
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Familiarity with large language model integration strategies, such as OpenAI-compatible APIs, data streaming, and tool/function calling, with an understanding of agentic architectures and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) as a producer or consumer.
• Experience engineering production-grade backend services, with the ability to implement real-time streaming (SSE/WebSockets). Knowledge of Kotlin or Spring Boot is a plus.
• Proficiency in modern frontend technologies including React, HTML, and CSS, with experience using design systems and reusable component libraries to deliver consistent, high-quality developer-facing interfaces.
• Commitment to testing methodologies using frameworks such as Jest, React Testing Library, JUnit, Cypress, or similar, with the ability to author stable, reliable tests for asynchronous logic and complex interaction patterns.
• Experience with application observability, including error tracking (e.g., Sentry), metrics instrumentation, and product analytics, as well as familiarity with CI/CD workflows via GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with experience working across teams on shared dependencies such as security and compliance reviews, and an appreciation for technical writing as a core team deliverable.