In office 4-10 days a month
The Senior Tech Lead, Workday is the enterprise?s technical authority for all integrations and architectural patterns for Workday. This senior individual contributor owns the integration landscape, end-to-end-design, build, patterns, governance, modernizations, and technical roadmap. In addition, the role serves as a trusted architect and hands-on technologist across all Workday domains (HCM and Finance), helping shape scalable, resilient, AI-enabled business processes across the People & Culture and Finance technology ecosystem.
This role combines deep Workday integration expertise, modern API engineering skills, architectural thinking, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable designing next-generation integration patterns as they are rolling up their sleeves to build or troubleshoot critical interfaces
Core Responsibilities
Integration Architecture & Ownership
? Serve as technical authority for all Workday integrations across HCM and Finance domains.
? Design and govern end-to-end integration patterns using Workday Studio, Core Connectors, EIB, and Workday REST/SOAP APIs.
? Architect integrations using Azure API Management, SFTP, custom APIs, and influence the evaluation and adoption of other integration middleware.
? Define reusable patterns, reference architectures, and technical standards for how Workday interfaces with the broader enterprise ecosystem. E.g. Snowflake, Salesforce, AWS.
? Maintain deep knowledge of Workday?s integration capabilities, upcoming platform changes, and release cycles.
Hands-On Engineering & Technical Expertise
? Develop, configure, and troubleshoot complex integrations in Workday Studio and related frameworks.
? Perform root-cause analysis for integration incidents, ensuring permanent fixes and architectural hardening.
? Mentor Workday analysts and partner engineers on best practices for API usage, error handling, and data transformation.
? Champion security-by-design principles, including tokenization, encryption, and identity-centered patterns.
Workday Domain Architecture Leadership
? Support all Workday domains at an architectural level, with ability to advise on data models, cross-domain dependencies, configuration approaches, and extensibility.
? Act as a technical partner to HR Tech and Finance Tech product owners to ensure coherence between business and platform design.
AI, Automation & Modernization
? Lead adoption of AI and predictive automation within the Workday integration landscape.
? Implement AI-enabled monitoring or copilots to detect anomalies, data breaks, and integration failures early.
? Partner with HR/Finance stakeholders to identify opportunities to streamline business workflows using Workday Extend or AI/LLM-driven patterns.
? Advocate for continuous modernization of Workday processes and integrations.
Cross-Platform & Vendor Ecosystem Influence
? Provide architectural input on how Workday should integrate with other HR/Finance platforms (e.g., recruiting systems, payroll vendors, procurement or expense tools, case management).
? Influence platform selection, integration design, and data flow considerations for new systems entering the HR/Finance stack.
Governance, Roadmap & Stakeholder Leadership
? Own the Workday integration roadmap, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, InfoSec, and HR/Finance strategies.
? Represent Workday technology in cross-functional design reviews and incident escalations.
? Collaborate proactively with security, data/analytics, and enterprise architecture teams to ensure alignment on integration standards and data flows.
Key Qualifications
? 5+ years of Workday technical experience with deep expertise in Workday integrations (Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, PECI/CIC).
? Proven track record serving as a hands-on integration architect or lead technologist.
? Strong experience building integrations using APIs, Azure APIM, SFTP, and custom interface frameworks.
? Demonstrated ability to create reference architectures, solution designs, sequences, and integration patterns.
? Strong understanding of Workday security, business processes, data models, and domain structures across both HCM and Finance.
? Experience supporting full lifecycle Workday implementations, upgrades, and major integration transformations.
? Exceptional problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.
? Ability to work autonomously as a senior IC while influencing senior stakeholders
Benefits:York Solutions Offers a generous benefits package for eligible full-time employees:
- BCBS Medical with 3 Plans to choose from (PPO and High deductible PPO plans with Health Savings Program)
- Delta Dental plan with 2 free cleanings and insurance discounts
- Eye Med Vision with annual check-ups and discounts on lens
- Life and Accidental Death Insurance paid by company
- John Hancock 401(k) Retirement Plan with discretionary company match
- Voluntary Insurance programs such as: Hospital Indemnity, Identity Protection, Legal Insurance, Long Term Care, and Pet Insurance.
- Flexible work environment with some remote working opportunities
- Strong fun and teamwork environment
- Learning, development, and career growth
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