Principal AI Researcher

Workday, Inc. · Seattle, Washington, United States

Location
Seattle
Job Type
Full Time
Posted
June 15, 2026

Job Description

About the Role

As a Principal AI Researcher, you will be a technical founder and visionary for the Workday AI Research Team. This is a role for a scientist-leader who thrives on defining the frontier rather than just following a roadmap. You will move the needle on how LLMs and autonomous agents function within the complex, high-trust environment of global enterprise data.

You will bridge the gap between groundbreaking theory and massive-scale application. Your work will involve defining research roadmaps for agentic reasoning, long-horizon planning, and model alignment, ensuring that Workday remains the world leader in responsible, intelligent enterprise agents.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Define research direction in Agentic AI and LLMs.

  • Advance the state of the art in agentic systems, including retrieval, grounding, memory, context, personalization, etc.

  • Foundational Model Research: Advance Workday’s proprietary capabilities in...

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