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[/company/workday-inc](/company/workday-inc)[Workday, Inc.](/company/workday-inc)
# Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering at Workday, Inc.

Compensation · Listed in posting

$209,600 – $314,400/yr

**Setup**
: Hybrid

**Location**
: Pleasanton, California

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: lead/mgmt

**Posted**
: Aug 26, 2026

## Description

Workday is hiring a Senior Manager to lead the development of AI agents for its HR and Finance business. The role manages and mentors AI agent engineers, drives delivery of scalable and secure solutions, collaborates with product, data science, architecture, and vendor teams, and evaluates technologies such as LLMs, RAG, and LangGraph. Candidates need extensive software engineering leadership and enterprise development experience, plus experience with LLMs, generative AI, or advanced AI orchestration. The primary location is Pleasanton, California, with additional United States locations, and the role offers a hybrid schedule requiring at least 50% office or field time each quarter.

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