Principal Full Stack Engineer - Agent Platform

Workday Workday · Enterprise · Atlanta, GA +1

This Principal Full Stack Engineer role on the Agent Platform team at Workday focuses on building and scaling the next generation of AI agents. The role involves developing user-facing and platform experiences to enhance trust in AI agents, including agent safety scanning, attestation, and observability. It requires designing and shipping full-stack solutions, integrating AI capabilities into HR and Finance workflows, and owning features end-to-end in a cloud environment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build and deliver full stack features that power AI agents security
  2. Own services and experiences from development through production—you build it, you run it
  3. Collaborate in an iterative, team-first environment that values strong engineering practices and continuous learning
  4. Share knowledge, mentor teammates, and help raise the technical bar across the pod

Skills

Required

  • 12+ years of experience in software engineering or experience and equivalent educational background
  • 5+ years experience writing performant backend services(Java Spring boot/GO/Python/any modern OOP language )
  • 5+ years of experience with React and Typescript for Front End / Full stack development
  • Experience designing full stack application end to end
  • Experience with identity federation and standards like OAuth2, OIDC, or DIDs (Decentralized Identifiers)
  • Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with agentic coding tools such as Claude Code or Cursor
  • Experience building and operating products in cloud environments (AWS preferred/GCP/Azure)
  • Familiarity with cryptographic libraries for implementing digital signatures and attestation verification
  • Knowledge of software development best practices (DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability)
  • Hands-on experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Proven success working within fast-paced, agile environments and cross-functional teams
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical partners

What the JD emphasized

  • Agent Platform
  • Agent Trust and Inspection team
  • Agent Safety Scanning
  • Attestation
  • Observability
  • Customer Experience for Agent Management
  • Agentic AI
  • AI Agents
  • Agent System of Record
  • intelligent data backbone
  • verified trust systems
  • AI agents security
  • build it, you run it

Other signals

  • Agent Platform
  • Agent Safety Scanning
  • Attestation
  • Observability
  • Customer Experience for Agent Management
  • AI Agents
  • Agent System of Record
  • intelligent data backbone
  • verified trust systems