About the Role
In this role as an Agent Development Engineer on the Agent Trust and Inspection team, you will significantly contribute to building trust in our AI agents by implementing essential guardrails and security features. This is an exciting chance to leverage and enhance various agent frameworks, adding crucial checks and balances to create practical, scalable, and reliable next-generation agentic products that streamline complex HR and Finance workflows for our worldwide customer base.
If you are passionate about building real agentic products, tackling meaningful challenges, and working with a team dedicated to quality and craft, you will thrive in this role.
Your responsibilities:
Engineering & Automation: Enhance and maintain features within our in-house/third-party agentic framework. Build agents to automate workflows for the Agent Trust and Inspection team.
Security & Adversarial Testing: Develop and deploy adversarial agents and specialized sandbox environments to rigorously test and secure AI agents across the Workday ecosystem. Work with cross-functional teams to embed real-time security guardrails into their agentic systems.
Collaborate in an iterative, team-first environment that values strong engineering practices and continuous learning
Share knowledge, mentor teammates, and help raise the technical bar across the pod
Evaluate the latest agentic technologies to determine their potential for enhancing our platform.
About You
5+ years in software engineering.
Expertise in Python: 2+ years writing modular, performant Python code and libraries.
Production ML/Autonomous Systems: 2+ years experience implementing Machine Learning/autonomous systems in a production environment.
1+ year experience in writing Agents in production
Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience
Other Qualifications:
Familiarity with agentic coding tools such as Claude Code or Cursor
Experience building and operating SaaS products in cloud environments (AWS preferred)
Familiarity with the tradeoffs and architecture of modern distributed systems
Knowledge of software development best practices (DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability)
Exposure to Amazon Bedrock/Google ADK or any other equivalent framework
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
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 .
Primary Location: USA.GA.AtlantaPrimary Location Base Pay Range: $130,400 USD - $195,600 USDAdditional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $123,900 USD - $222,000 USD
Additional Considerations:
If performed in Colorado, the pay range for this job is $130,400 - $195,600 USD based on min and max pay range for that role if performed in CO.
The application deadline for this role is the same as the posting end date stated as below:
04/30/2026