Senior Developer Relations Engineer

About the Role

As a Senior Developer Relations Engineer, you will be a key technical contributor on the DRE team, helping bridge the gap between the developer platform and the diverse communities that build on it. You will play an important role in ensuring that developers, partners, and internal teams have the technical knowledge, resources, and enablement they need to succeed on the Workday platform, especially as the ecosystem shifts toward agentic solutions and AI-driven development workflows.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Enabling Forward Deployed Engineers and other front-line roles on both existing and emerging Developer Platform capabilities, with a particular focus on the newest AI features so they can position and solution the platform appropriately with Workday's customers.

• Supporting the execution of Early Adopter programs for emerging product features. This includes coordinating with Developer Platform, AI Platform, and Product Development Engineering to help ensure EA programs run effectively, products are tested in real-world customer environments, and feedback is curated for product teams prior to general availability.

• Helping ensure that EA participants receive the enablement and support necessary to use and test EA products, contributing to positive outcomes that include successful testing, actionable product feedback, and customer success stories for marketing use at GA launch.

• Helping the developer community understand how to bring together agents, agentic apps, integrations, and AI tooling to build solutions faster — supporting the shift from a closed-wall approach to an open, flexible development model while championing responsible AI usage.

• Building and curating high-quality technical samples, frameworks, and demos that showcase Workday's platform capabilities — including agents, agentic apps, and AI-powered tooling such as Developer Agent, Workday MCP, and Agent Ready Tools. You will help maintain these assets over time, keeping them current with the latest best practices and technical capabilities.

• Creating guided activities and hands-on technical content for Express Labs, Very Live Demos, and conference sessions at DevCon and Rising, as well as supporting Hackathon events with relevant technical samples.

• Presenting on Developer Deep Dive calls, contributing to Developer Forums, and supporting enablement sessions for sales, services, Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs), and other customer-facing teams.

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• 7+ years of related work experience in developer relations, developer enablement, technical consulting, platform engineering, or a related technical field.

• Hands-on experience applying AI-powered tools within developer workflows to accelerate development and improve outcomes.

Other Qualifications:

• Skilled communicator, with the ability to exchange complex technical information clearly across a range of audiences from developers and engineers to product leaders and customer-facing teams. You are comfortable presenting at conferences, contributing to enablement sessions, and participating in technical forums, adapting your style to ensure your message resonates.

• Experienced in working across multiple groups, with a demonstrated ability to understand the needs and expectations of diverse partners, including product, engineering, sales, services, and customer teams, and to contribute to communication approaches that build alignment and support cross-organizational programs.

• Thoughtful and forward-looking, with the ability to apply insights about the developer ecosystem and platform landscape to identify opportunities, anticipate challenges, and contribute to plans that align with Workday's long-term goals. You think beyond the immediate task to consider how your work connects to the bigger picture.

• Creative, resourceful, and willing to explore beyond familiar tools and processes, with the ability to develop and implement new ideas, approaches, and solutions that create value for the developer community. You are not limited to what is already established — you actively seek out external tools, technologies, and methods that can push the boundaries of what is possible, and you bring that curiosity back to your team and the broader developer ecosystem.

• Deeply empathetic toward the developer experience, with a natural ability to understand the perspective, needs, and challenges of developers and customers. You actively listen, put yourself in the developer's shoes, and use that understanding to improve enablement, shape feedback for product teams, and ensure developers feel supported.

• Highly organized and adaptable, with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and responsibilities at the same time. You bring structure and discipline to your work while remaining flexible and ready to shift direction as product strategy evolves and urgent needs for DRE expertise arise.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create compelling technical content including samples, demos, guided activities, and documentation.

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.CA.PleasantonPrimary Location Base Pay Range: $148,500 USD - $222,700 USDAdditional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $125,400 USD - $222,700 USD