
Workday Engineer
OpenAI
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $260,000 - $288,000 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Design, build, and maintain Workday integrations, applications, and workflow automations across domains such as payroll, benefits, recruiting, performance, and case management
- Improve the reliability, quality, and scalability of People systems through strong engineering, testing, and operational practices
- Build technical solutions that connect Workday with internal platforms, external vendors, and AI-powered tooling
- Contribute to more agentic internal workflows by helping design systems that combine HR data, automation, orchestration, and intelligent tooling
- Use Git-based development practices, code review, and structured change management to deliver safely in a fast-moving environment
- Use CLI-based tools and developer workflows to build, test, troubleshoot, and support production systems efficiently
- Partner with stakeholders across People, Finance, Security, and Engineering to translate business needs into durable technical solutions
- Establish and raise standards for observability, security, supportability, and long-term maintainability across the People systems stack
Requirements
- 5-10 years of experience in Workday engineering, integrations, platform automation, or adjacent systems engineering roles
- Strong hands-on experience with Workday technologies such as EIB, Studio, Cloud Connect, Extend, reporting, calculated fields, security, and business process design
- A track record of building technical solutions beyond administration or configuration alone, including automation, scripting, debugging, and systems design
- Comfort working in Git-based environments with modern software development practices
- Strong fluency with CLI-based workflows and developer tools
- Experience designing and supporting production integrations with a high bar for reliability, security, and data quality
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work through ambiguous technical and operational challenges
- The ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical partners
- Interest in agentic systems, AI-enabled internal tooling, or LLM-powered workflow design
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
- Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
- Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
- 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
- Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
- Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
- Relocation support for eligible employees
- Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
Workday integrationsWorkday EIBWorkday StudioWorkday Cloud ConnectWorkday ExtendWorkday reportingWorkday calculated fieldsWorkday securityautomationscripting
Soft Skills
problem-solvingcollaborationcommunicationadaptabilitycritical thinkingstakeholder engagementtechnical and non-technical partnershipambiguity resolutionoperational challenge navigationdesign thinking