# Workday Engineer

**Company:** [OpenAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/openai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** IT Support
**Salary:** $260k – $288k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Workday, Eib, Studio, Cloud Connect, Extend, Git, Cli, Integrations, Automation, Reporting, Calculated Fields, Business Process Design, Scripting, Debugging, Observability
**Posted:** 2026-04-14

> Designs, builds, and maintains Workday integrations and automations for HR workflows like payroll, benefits, and recruiting. Requires 5-10 years Workday engineering experience, Git/CLI proficiency, and ability to connect systems with internal tools and AI.

## Job Description

## 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.

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