[Remote] Workday Software Development Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. VanderHouwen is seeking a Workday Software Development Engineer to design, enhance, and support Workday integrations and technical solutions across a complex enterprise environment. The role focuses on developing secure integrations, supporting Workday configurations and functional areas, troubleshooting production issues, and collaborating with business and technology stakeholders in a fully remote setting.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, deploy, and support Workday integrations using Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, Cloud Connect, Workday web services, REST and SOAP APIs, XML, XSLT, JSON, SFTP, and other secure integration methods
- Build and maintain integrations connecting Workday with enterprise HR, payroll, benefits, finance, data, identity, service management, vendor, and compliance platforms
- Translate functional and technical requirements into integration designs, data mappings, transformation logic, calculated fields, validation rules, error-handling processes, scheduling requirements, and deployment plans
- Develop and maintain Workday reports, calculated fields, business process configurations, integration attributes, security configurations, notifications, and supporting application functionality
- Troubleshoot integration failures, data discrepancies, access issues, performance concerns, and downstream processing errors through analysis of integration events, application logs, source and target data, business process history, and system responses
- Support technical solutions across Workday functional areas such as HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Absence, Time Tracking, Recruiting, Talent, Compensation, Expenses, Financials, organizational structures, and security
- Partner with product owners, business stakeholders, technology teams, enterprise architecture, security, data engineering, vendors, and support teams to deliver enhancements and resolve production issues
- Support Workday release cycles by assessing technical impacts, performing regression testing, validating production readiness, and implementing approved integration and configuration changes
- Create and maintain technical documentation, including integration specifications, data mappings, data flows, inventories, monitoring procedures, and operational support materials
- Apply secure development practices when integrating or processing employee, payroll, financial, personally identifiable, and other sensitive enterprise data
- Improve the reliability and efficiency of the Workday environment by simplifying integrations, automating repeatable processes, strengthening monitoring, and modernizing legacy integration patterns
- Provide production support, including incident triage, root-cause analysis, issue resolution, scheduled maintenance, and occasional after-hours support for critical processes
Skills
- 5+ years of experience in software development, enterprise applications, systems integration, HRIS/ERP technology, or application support, including 3+ years of hands-on Workday technical experience
- Strong experience developing and supporting Workday integrations using Workday Studio, including Report Designer, EIB, Core Connectors, Cloud Connect, Workday APIs/web services, REST, SOAP, XML, XSLT, JSON, SFTP, and secure file transfer methods
- Experience with Workday technical configuration, including calculated fields, custom reports, business processes, integration events, data sources, security groups, and tenant configuration concepts
- Strong knowledge of integration design, data mapping and transformation, error handling, testing, troubleshooting, deployment, and production support practices
- Experience with software development and delivery tools or practices such as Git, Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, scripting, monitoring, or observability
- Experience with SQL, data reconciliation, data quality validation, reporting, and supporting downstream enterprise data consumption
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to translate business requirements into practical technical solutions and work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Applicants must reside in Oregon, Washington, Utah, Oregon, or North Dakota
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience
- Experience with Snowflake and AWS Glue
- Experience integrating Workday with enterprise platforms such as Snowflake, AWS, Azure, ServiceNow, Salesforce, identity management solutions, payroll or benefits providers, finance systems, or enterprise data platforms
- Experience supporting Workday modules such as HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Absence, Time Tracking, Recruiting, Talent, Compensation, Expenses, Financials, Adaptive Planning, Prism Analytics, or related Workday capabilities
- Experience working with sensitive enterprise data in a regulated or compliance-focused environment with strong privacy, security, audit, or compliance requirements
- Familiarity with Workday release management, tenant configuration, security, business processes, calculated fields, custom reporting, integration events, and related technical concepts
Benefits
- 12-Month Contract (possibly extended)
- 100% Remote (must reside in North Dakota, Oregon, Washington, Utah, or Idaho)
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