Engineering Manager, Workday

Description

The company is a financial technology business that builds software products and services for payments companies, fintechs and financial institutions. It offers fraud detection, security, decision-making analytics and regulatory compliance tools, along with customizable programs.

This role leads an integration engineering team that builds and supports the data connections linking Workday with financial, HR, payroll and cloud platforms. You will work with People Operations, Finance, Enterprise Engineering, Security and outside vendors to set technical direction and deliver dependable data integrations at scale.

The company is looking for a technical leader with deep Workday experience who also leads people well. You will help engineers grow, clear operational blockers, protect data integrity and steer the team through hard technical problems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor an engineering team covering Workday HCM, Financial Management, Payroll and the wider Workday technical ecosystem, balancing hands-on technical work with people management.
• Set the Workday technical roadmap, architecture standards, engineering principles and platform modernization plan in line with business priorities and enterprise architecture.
• Turn department priorities into sprint goals, integration specifications and project plans, keeping delivery on schedule while managing operational dependencies.
• Build and maintain secure, resilient and reusable integrations using Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, APIs and enterprise platforms such as MuleSoft.
• Define standards for technical design, peer review, automated testing, documentation, deployment, monitoring, incident handling and production support.
• Own production support and incident management for the integrations. Lead root-cause analysis, run blameless post-mortems and drive preventive improvements.
• Manage relationships with third-party vendors and service providers, such as benefits administrators and financial platforms, enforcing service level agreements (SLAs) and strict data privacy compliance.
• Lead semi-annual Workday release testing and regression cycles, and identify new capabilities such as Workday Extend or Prism Analytics that add business value.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree plus 4+ years of experience, or a Master's degree plus 3+ years of experience, in computer science, information technology, engineering or a related field.
• 6+ years of hands-on Workday integration development experience, including 2+ years of direct people management or formal team leadership.
• Extensive hands-on experience architecting, building and supporting Workday HCM, Financial Management and Payroll, including complex business processes, configuration, security, reporting and production support.
• Proven record of leading and mentoring strong Workday engineers, setting engineering standards, running design and code reviews and raising technical quality across the platform.
• Strong grasp of Workday architecture, platform extensibility, technical roadmaps, release management and new capabilities for modernizing the enterprise application landscape.
• Expertise in Workday Studio, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Core Connectors, Workday Web Services, REST and SOAP APIs and integration design patterns, with experience building secure, scalable and resilient integrations.
• Experience with Workday Extend and extensibility tools to build custom apps, user experiences and workflows for complex needs while limiting unnecessary customization.
• Familiarity with Workday's evolving AI features, including Workday Illuminate and AI-driven process automation, and an ability to find practical ways to boost productivity, automate repetitive work and streamline Finance and HR operations.
• Understanding of AI security, role-based access, data privacy, human oversight, auditability and governance needed to deploy AI in enterprise HR and financial systems.
• Strong experience with Workday Report Writer, calculated fields, dashboards, analytics and data extraction, plus an understanding of Workday data models and their integration with enterprise data platforms.
• Deep knowledge of Workday security architecture, domain and business process security policies, segregation of duties, audit controls and SOX compliance.
• Experience with middleware such as MuleSoft, plus event-driven architecture, API management, data transformation and secure integration patterns across enterprise applications.
• Strong partnership skills with Finance, HR, Payroll, Security, Data and enterprise architecture teams, turning business needs into scalable, secure and maintainable technical solutions.
• Clear communication and stakeholder alignment skills, with the ability to explain technical complexity to varied audiences.
• Practical experience managing integrations with payroll providers, such as ADP, and financial ledgers.
• Nice to have: familiarity with Workday Extend, Workday Prism Analytics or orchestration middleware.
• Nice to have: an active Workday Integration certification, such as Workday Studio, Core Connectors or Integrations.
• Nice to have: understanding of fintech regulatory environments, SOX controls and data security frameworks such as OAuth, SAML and encryption.

Conditions

The base pay range is $128,000 - $220,000 USD for US-based roles. The final offer depends on factors such as experience, skills and location.

This role may also be eligible for a bonus and/or long-term incentives. Your recruiter will share details. All roles are eligible for competitive benefits.

Remote work is not available from Hawaii, Alaska or Puerto Rico.

The company makes hiring decisions based only on qualifications and does not consider protected characteristics. Qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records are considered under the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits. Full details are available on the company's benefits page.