Lead Platform Engineer, Workday

Capital One

Lead Platform Engineer integrating HR solutions using Workday for Capital One. Focusing on automation, data governance, and collaboration with HR and Finance teams.

Posted 5/20/2026full-timeMcLean • Illinois, Massachusetts, Texas, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $149,800 - $205,100 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SOAP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Understand and translate the priorities of the business while integrating HR value proposition and strategies to meet the needs of the business
Deliver solutions in Workday across HCM, Recruiting, Compensation, Payroll and Benefits through efficient and organized processes while maintaining high standards
Effectively communicate across team, Product Owner, stakeholders and influence solutions across business partners
Identify opportunities for process improvements, collaborate with HR partners to provide innovative ideas and insights to redesign business processes that will optimize business results
Design and develop complex integrations within the Workday platform to support candidate and associate experience using web service technologies, SOAP, REST, WSDL, XML, XSLT
Provide technical expertise on Workday Studio technologies, security, troubleshooting system issues, data analysis, vendor management and coordination with other HR/Enterprise teams
Lead a team of integrators and configurators to support the Workday HCM modules
Work with product owners to align on priorities and deliver on key objectives using Agile methodologies, while maintaining the highest platform and Enterprise standards
Design and develop automation workflows, perform unit tests and conduct code reviews for self and the team, to make sure work is rigorously designed, elegantly coded and effectively tuned for platform performance and quality

Requirements

What you’ll need

High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent certification
At least 6 years of experience on HR platforms (Workday)
At least 4 years of experience with Workday Integrations or functional configuration related tasks (HCM, Recruiting, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Time Tracking, Performance Management)
At least 2 years of experience in a technical leadership role overseeing strategic projects
Bachelor's degree (preferred)
7+ years of experience working with Workday Human Resources modules including HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Recruiting or Talent and Performance Management, Finance (preferred)
5+ years of experience working with APIs within the Workday environment using REST or SOAP (preferred)
Experience with building solutions on Workday Extend (preferred)
Workday or Workday Pro certifications (HCM, Recruiting, Benefits, Compensation, Time Tracking or Performance Management) (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI).
Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.

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Hard Skills & Tools

WorkdayHCMRecruitingCompensationPayrollBenefitsIntegrationsAPIsSOAPREST

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationinfluenceleadershipprocess improvementproblem-solvingorganizational skillsteam managementinnovationdata analysis

Certifications

Workday ProWorkday HCMWorkday RecruitingWorkday BenefitsWorkday CompensationWorkday Time TrackingWorkday Performance Management