Distinguished Engineer-Emerging Commercial Platforms

Verizon•Irving, TX

6d•$137,000 - $263,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Distinguished Engineer for Emerging Commercial Platforms - Reward and Pay serves as the primary technical architect and strategic partner in the Employee Experience organization. You will be responsible for the technical vision and system design of our global compensation product stack, spanning Workday Base Comp., PeopleSoft Advanced Comp., and Sales/Associate Compensation systems. This is a high-impact leadership role where you will translate Board-level compensation product functions into robust, automated technical roadmaps. You will navigate the complexities of legacy system parity while pioneering the future of "zero-bottleneck" compensation cycles.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
Demonstrated success in managing high-stakes migrations between ERP giants (e.g., PeopleSoft to Workday).
Experience supporting Board-level initiatives and translating executive philosophy into technical outcomes.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Technology or related field.
Knowledge of Workday (Extend, Studio, Core HCM) and PeopleSoft (Advanced Comp, North American Payroll).
Proven experience in system design for large-scale financial or HR platforms.
Expertise in automating complex business workflows to remove manual intervention.
Experience integrating with genAI and the Agentic AI is the plus.
Ability to speak the language of "Business Outcomes" rather than just "Technical Inputs."
Experience in guiding Product Managers and Executives toward technically sound, scalable decisions.

Responsibilities

Partner with the HR Compensation teams to align technical architecture with business outcomes.
Translate complex global compensation events (Merit, Bonus, LTI) into scalable technical designs.
Provide architectural oversight for "Emerging Platforms," ensuring they meet long-term enterprise goals for flexibility and data integrity.
Architect advanced automation solutions using Workday Extend and Studio to streamline comp events like merit cycles, recognition, incentive management and eliminate manual bottlenecks for thousands of global managers.
Lead the strategy for PeopleSoft Advanced Compensation modules, ensuring stability and high performance while managing the delicate coexistence/migration of legacy data.
Guarantee 100% data integrity and parity during the transition from legacy systems to modern cloud platforms.
Design and optimize high-throughput engines for Sales Compensation and Associate Compensation.
Build automated frameworks that handle complex incentive structures, ensuring accuracy in high-stakes financial environments.
Lead the shift toward "human-out-of-the-loop" processing through intelligent automation and proactive error handling.
Mentor senior engineering staff and drive a culture of architectural excellence.
Act as a consultant to HR and Finance leadership on the feasibility of new compensation models.
Evaluate emerging technologies to determine their potential impact on commercial platform efficiency.