Workday Extend Developer1Key Responsibilities
Application Development & Architecture
- Custom App Design: Design and build end-to-end custom applications using Workday App Builder. Define app components including Pages, Business Objects, and Security domains.
- Logic & Orchestration: Develop complex Orchestrations (server-side logic) to handle business rules, ensuring data integrity and proper workflow execution (e.g., "If user clicks X, call external API Y, then update Workday Record Z").
- API Integration: Create robust integrations within Extend apps that consume REST/SOAP APIs from third-party vendors (e.g., integrating a badge scanning system, vaccination database, or external rewards platform directly into Workday).
- Data Modeling: Architect custom Business Objects inside Workday to store unique data fields that do not exist in the standard Workday data model.
- UX/UI Design: Design intuitive user interfaces using Workday’s Canvas Design System to ensure custom apps look and feel exactly like native Workday functionality.

L2 Support & Operational Management




- App Maintenance & Monitoring: Monitor the health of deployed Extend apps using the Developer Site console. Troubleshoot runtime errors in Orchestrations or API failures (e.g., resolving "400 Bad Request" errors from external endpoints).
- Version Management: Perform impact analysis and code updates when Workday deprecates underlying APIs. Ensure custom apps are updated to the latest API versions (e.g., v39 to v40) to prevent breakage during bi-annual releases.
- Security Governance: Manage Security Groups and Domains specific to Extend Apps. Investigate "Access Denied" tickets where users cannot see specific custom pages or data elements.
- Performance Tuning: Optimize slow-loading apps by refining WQL (Workday Query Language) queries and reducing excessive API calls.
- CI/CD & Promotion: Manage the lifecycle of moving apps from Sandbox to Production, ensuring proper version control and testing evidence

📌 Workday Extend Developer (Pune)
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