> Sr. Workday Developer

Location: Remote

Work Mode: Remote

Skills: Workday

Experience in Years: 5

Type: Full Time

Sr. Workday Developer

Work Mode : Remote

Location : Anywhere from India

Position Summary

We are seeking a Senior Workday Integration Developer with 5-7+ years of overall IT experience and deep, hands-on expertise across the Workday integration technology stack. This role owns the design, build, testing, and support of complex Workday integrations spanning HCM, Payroll, Financials, and Talent, and partners closely with functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and well-governed technical solutions. The ideal candidate combines Workday Studio, EIB fundamentals with Workday Extend application development and practical experience applying AI/automation capabilities within and outside the Workday ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop, test, deploy, and support end-to-end Workday integrations using Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, Cloud Connect, Extend, and Workday Web Services (SOAP/REST).
- Build and maintain custom applications, orchestrations, and extensions on the Workday Extend platform (Standard and Professional), including custom business objects, APIs, and UI pages.
- Develop and support outbound/inbound integrations with third-party and downstream systems (payroll providers, benefits carriers, ATS, financial systems, data warehouses, and middleware platforms such as MuleSoft).
- Apply Workday AI/automation capabilities (e.g., Workday Illuminate, AI Gateway, extend-based ML skills, and intelligent automation features) to streamline processes and enhance integration and reporting workflows.
- Write and optimize XSLT, XPath, Groovy, and Workday Custom Report-based transformations for complex data mapping requirements.
- Configure and troubleshoot PECI and other payroll/financial interface protocols as needed.
- Build advanced calculated fields, custom reports (including matrix and composite reports), and RaaS (Report-as-a-Service) endpoints for downstream consumption.
- Own integration security design, including integration system users (ISUs), security groups, X.509 certificates, OAuth 2.0, and API access policies aligned to least-privilege principles.
- Lead technical design sessions, produce integration design documents, and review peer solutions for quality, performance, and maintainability.
- Monitor, tune,



and troubleshoot production integrations; manage incident response, root cause analysis, and long-term remediation.
- Partner with functional Workday teams (HCM, Payroll, Financials, ATS) to translate business requirements into scalable technical designs.
- Support Workday release cycles (semi-annual updates) by assessing impact to integrations, Extend apps, and reports, and coordinating regression testing.
- Integration event monitoring, alerting, and log analysis tools for proactive issue detection.
- Experience packaging and promoting Workday configuration/integrations across tenants.

Required Technical Skills

Core Integration Tools

- Advanced: Workday Studio
- Building complex, multi-step integrations; XSLT/XPath transformations; Groovy scripting; error handling and custom logging.

- Advanced: EIB (Enterprise Interface Builder)

- Inbound/outbound EIBs, custom EIB transformations, and scheduling.

- Advanced: Core Connectors & Cloud Connect

- Configuration of pre-built connectors for payroll, benefits, and third-party integrations.

- Advanced: Workday Web Services

- SOAP-based Workday Web Services (WWS), REST APIs, RaaS, and Workday API versioning/deprecation management.

- Working knowledge: PECI

- US Payroll and Payroll Effective Change Interface configuration for benefits/payroll integrations.

Workday Extend & Platform Development

- Advanced: Workday Extend (Standard & Professional)
- Custom business objects, custom fields, orchestrations, custom APIs, and Extend UI/App Builder pages.

- Advanced: Workday Orchestrate / Business Process Framework

- Extending native business processes with custom logic and approvals.

- Advanced: Security Configuration

- Domain and business process security policies, integration security groups, ISU setup, X.509 certificate management, and OAuth 2.0/SAML.

AI, Automation & Reporting

- Working to Advanced: Workday AI capabilities
- Exposure to Workday Illuminate, AI Gateway, Agents and machine learning-driven skills (e.g., recommendation, matching, or anomaly detection features)



and how they integrate with custom Extend apps and reporting.

- Advanced: Custom Reporting

- Advanced/matrix/composite reports, calculated fields, and RaaS for integration consumption.

- Working knowledge: Prism Analytics

- Data ingestion pipelines and combining Workday and external data for analytics use cases.

Required Experience & Qualifications

- 4 - 6+ years of overall IT experience, with at least 4+ years focused specifically on Workday integration development.
- Minimum of 3 full lifecycle Workday implementations or major upgrade/support engagements as a technical integration lead or senior developer.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- Demonstrated experience building and supporting Workday Extend applications in a production environment.
- Strong understanding of Workday HCM, Payroll, and/or Financials data models and business processes.
- Proven ability to troubleshoot complex, multi-system integration issues under time pressure.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting technical designs to both technical and functional stakeholders.

Preferred Certifications

- Workday Integrations Certification (Studio and/or EIB).
- Workday Extend Certification.
- Workday Pro Certification in HCM, Payroll, or Financials (a plus).

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills

- Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning integrations.
- Exposure to Workday Journeys, Talent, or Greenhouse modules from an integration perspective.
- Background in Agile/Scrum delivery environments.
- Prior experience in a regulated or security-conscious industry (e.g., financial services, healthcare, technology/SaaS).

Soft Skills

- Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset with attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Cooperative approach to working with HR, Payroll, Finance, and IT security stakeholders.
- Ownership mentality and continuous improvement of the Technical design/Architecture landscape.

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