Workday Solution Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Act as the technical visionary and solution architect for the HR and Finance enterprise platform.

• Evaluate new Workday functionalities, create proof-of-concepts, and deliver comprehensive technical solutions.

• Provide functional leadership, technical guidance, and manage workloads for an offshore Innovations Squad.

• Develop standard operating procedures, design standards, and review protocols for consistent transitions to production execution.

• Connect the Innovations Squad, Functional Squad, and Guardrail Squad effectively.

• Ensure that technical enhancements comply with platform guardrails and are aligned with functional roadmaps.

• Create PoCs for innovative business needs and assess emerging Workday technologies.

• Design Prism solutions utilizing transformation pipelines and derived datasets for intricate calculations.

• Architect and prototype Workday Extend applications, custom objects, and API-driven extension workflows.

• Assess and prototype Workday AI capabilities, automated workflows, and machine learning models.

• Supervise the architecture and governance of Workday integrations, including EIB, Core Connectors, Studio, and Web Services/REST APIs.

• Collaborate with the Guardrail Squad on semi-annual Workday release assessments, change control, and regression testing.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of progressive experience in Workday solution design, system architecture, and integrations.

• Proven experience as a Technical Lead or Solution Architect managing developer resources in a global/offshore delivery environment.

• Capability to guide and supervise technical delivery teams.

• Strong coordination skills with stakeholders across functional, governance, and technical workstreams.

• Extensive expertise in Workday Studio, EIBs, Core Connectors, and Web Services/APIs.

• Architectural knowledge in Workday Extend and Prism Analytics, particularly using derived datasets and complex calculated fields for business rules such as commissions.

• Solid understanding of emerging enterprise AI concepts, Workday Innovation Services, Workday AI/ML features, and the implementation of automated workflows.

• Proven history of collaborating with business analysts, security/compliance leads, and external vendors.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline.

• Workday Certifications in Integrations, Extend, Prism, or Workday Pro are strongly preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package available to all eligible full-time employees (including medical, vision, and dental).

• An exceptional employee discount program.

• Medical insurance coverage.

• Dental insurance coverage.

• Vision insurance coverage.

• 401(k) retirement plan.

• Basic life insurance.

• Supplemental life insurance options.

• Disability insurance coverage.

• Additional voluntary benefits such as critical illness, hospital, and accident insurance.

• Opportunities for career advancement.