Workday Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Workday integrations, applications, and workflow automations across domains such as payroll, benefits, recruiting, performance, and case management.
• Improve the reliability, quality, and scalability of People systems through strong engineering, testing, and operational practices.
• Build technical solutions that connect Workday with internal platforms, external vendors, and AI-powered tooling.
• Contribute to more agentic internal workflows by helping design systems that combine HR data, automation, orchestration, and intelligent tooling.
• Use Git-based development practices, code review, and structured change management to deliver safely in a fast-moving environment.
• Use CLI-based tools and developer workflows to build, test, troubleshoot, and support production systems efficiently.
• Partner with stakeholders across People, Finance, Security, and Engineering to translate business needs into durable technical solutions.
• Establish and raise standards for observability, security, supportability, and long-term maintainability across the People systems stack.

Requirements

• 5-10 years of experience in Workday engineering, integrations, platform automation, or adjacent systems engineering roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Workday technologies such as EIB, Studio, Cloud Connect, Extend, reporting, calculated fields, security, and business process design.
• A track record of building technical solutions beyond administration or configuration alone, including automation, scripting, debugging, and systems design.
• Comfort working in Git-based environments with modern software development practices.
• Strong fluency with CLI-based workflows and developer tools.
• Experience designing and supporting production integrations with a high bar for reliability, security, and data quality.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work through ambiguous technical and operational challenges.
• The ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical partners.
• Interest in agentic systems, AI-enabled internal tooling, or LLM-powered workflow design.

Nice to Have

• Experience integrating Workday with finance systems, identity systems, recruiting tools, case management platforms, or internal developer platforms.
• Experience with observability, alerting, and production support for business-critical workflows.
• Experience building internal tools or automation frameworks in high-growth environments.
• Familiarity with secure systems design and governance in environments handling sensitive employee data.