Software Development Engineer – Data Security and Protection

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About the Team

Our Chennai office is a thriving tech hub driving core innovations for Workdays global the Security Platform group you will solve complex large-scale security challenges that impact millions of users worldwide. We offer a highly collaborative environment competitive compensation comprehensive benefits and a culture that genuinely values work-life balance and continuous career growth.

About the Role

As a P3 Software Engineer in the Security Platform organization you will be at the forefront of safeguarding Workdays enterprise cloud infrastructure. You will design develop and maintain robust data protection services focusing heavily on cryptographic foundations key management and secure data-at-rest/in-transit solutions. You will collaborate with global teams to ensure our core security libraries are scalable performant and impenetrable.

• Design & Development: Build and maintain scalable high-performance security libraries and microservices focused on encryption tokenization and hashing.

• Key Management: Implement and manage enterprise-grade Key Management Services (KMS) and Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) integration.

• Cryptographic Standards: Apply modern cryptographic primitives and protocols (e.g. AES RSA ECC TLS PKI) to protect sensitive tenant data.

• Code Quality & Testing: Write clean well-tested and secure code (Java/Go/Scala) ensuring high test coverage and adhering to secure coding practices.

• Collaboration: Work closely with principal engineers and product managers to translate security requirements into technical realities.

About You

Basic Qualification

• Experience: 47 years of professional software development experience with a strong focus on backend engineering.

• Core Security Expertise: Solid understanding of cryptography fundamentals PKI key lifecycle management and hands-on experience with tools like HashiCorp Vault AWS KMS or similar.

• Programming Languages: Strong proficiency in Java Go or Scala.

• Cloud & Infrastructure: Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS GCP) and containerized environments (Kubernetes Docker).

• Education: Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Information Security or a related field.

Our Approach to Flexible Work

With Flex Work were combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections maintain a strong community and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways so rather than a number of required days in-office each week we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers prospects and partners (depending on role). This means youll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business team and personal needs while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote home office roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1