Principal Distributed Systems Engineer - Observability at Workday · Pleasanton, CA · Joined
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Principal Distributed Systems Engineer - Observability
Workday · Pleasanton, CA · Just now · 0 applicants
NewHybridFull-timeLead
Pay
$223k–$334kListed
Workplace
Hybrid
Job type
Full-time
Level
Lead
Team: Observability Platform · Source: jobright · Posted by joined-scrapper
About the role
Workday seeks a Principal Distributed Systems Engineer to own the technical vision and architecture for distributed tracing in its multi-petabyte Observability Platform. The role combines scalable infrastructure design, technical leadership, mentoring, and AI-driven observability for LLM and agentic workflows.
What you’ll do
Own distributed tracing technical vision and architecture
Build ingestion, storage, querying, security, and reliability systems
Lead technical direction across teams
Mentor engineers
Advance AI-driven observability for LLM and agentic workflows
What you’ll need
14+ years software development engineering experience
6+ years designing and operating complex distributed systems
8+ years with at least two of Java, Python, Go
Bachelor's degree in relevant field or equivalent experience
Expert algorithmic thinking and API development expertise
Experience with LLM observability tools such as LangSmith and LangChain
Original job description
Workday is a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents. The Principal Distributed Systems Engineer will own the technical vision and architecture for distributed tracing within Workday’s multi-petabyte Observability Platform, designing and building scalable, low-latency infrastructure across ingestion, storage, querying, security, and…