Engineering Manager, Workday

SoFi Tech Solutions•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

The Engineering Manager of Workday Platform at SoFi leads a team of integration engineers responsible for designing, building, and supporting data integrations across Workday and financial, HR, payroll, and cloud platforms. The manager partners with People Operations, Finance, Enterprise Engineering, Security, and external vendors to set technical roadmaps, uphold architectural standards, and deliver reliable integrations at scale. The role combines deep Workday technical expertise with people-first leadership, fostering an inclusive environment, removing operational roadblocks, championing data integrity, and guiding complex technical problem solving. The manager leads the Workday HCM, Financial Management, Payroll, and broader technical ecosystem; defines and executes the technical roadmap, architecture standards, engineering principles, and modernization strategy; and translates priorities into sprint goals, integration specifications, and project roadmaps. The position is responsible for secure, resilient, reusable integrations and for standards covering design, reviews, testing, documentation, deployment, monitoring, incident management, and production support. It also owns integration production support and incident response, manages third-party relationships and service integrations, and leads semi-annual Workday release testing while identifying valuable platform capabilities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 4 years of experience, or a master’s degree and at least 3 years of experience, in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
Extensive hands-on experience architecting, developing, and supporting Workday HCM, Financial Management, and Payroll, including complex business processes, configuration, security, reporting, and production support.
Experience leading and mentoring Workday engineers, establishing engineering standards, conducting design and code reviews, and driving technical excellence.
Strong understanding of Workday architecture, platform extensibility, technical roadmaps, release management, and emerging capabilities.
Expertise in Workday Studio, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Core Connectors, Workday Web Services, REST/SOAP APIs, and integration design patterns; experience building secure, scalable, and resilient integrations.
Experience with Workday Extend and platform extensibility to build custom applications, user experiences, and workflows while avoiding unnecessary customization.
Familiarity with Workday AI capabilities, including Workday Illuminate and AI-powered business process automation.
Understanding of AI security, role-based access, data privacy, human oversight, auditability, and governance for enterprise HR and financial systems.
Experience with Workday Report Writer, calculated fields, dashboards, analytics, and data extraction, and understanding of Workday data models and integration with enterprise data platforms.
Deep understanding of Workday security architecture, domain and business process security policies, segregation of duties, audit controls, and SOX compliance requirements.
Experience with middleware and integration platforms such as MuleSoft, event-driven architecture, API management, data transformation, and secure enterprise integration patterns.
Ability to partner with Finance, HR, Payroll, Security, Data, and enterprise architecture teams to translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable technical solutions.
Excellent communication and stakeholder-alignment skills, including the ability to explain technical complexity clearly to diverse audiences.

Nice To Haves

6+ years of hands-on Workday integration development experience, with 2+ years of direct people management or formal team leadership experience.
Practical experience managing integrations with payroll providers such as ADP and financial ledgers.
Familiarity with Workday Extend, Workday Prism Analytics, or orchestration middleware.
Active Workday Integration Certification, such as Workday Studio, Core Connectors, or Integrations.
Understanding of fintech regulatory environments, SOX controls, and data security frameworks such as OAuth, SAML, and encryption.

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor an engineering team responsible for Workday HCM, Financial Management, Payroll, and the broader Workday technical ecosystem, balancing technical leadership with people management.
Define and execute the Workday technical roadmap, architecture standards, engineering principles, and platform modernization strategy in alignment with business priorities and enterprise architecture.
Translate department priorities into sprint goals, integration specifications, and project roadmaps; ensure timely delivery while managing operational dependencies.
Design, develop, and maintain secure, resilient, and reusable integrations using Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, APIs, and enterprise integration platforms such as MuleSoft.
Establish standards for technical design, peer reviews, automated testing, documentation, deployment, monitoring, incident management, and production support.
Own production support and incident management for the integration landscape; guide root-cause investigations, conduct blameless post-mortems, and drive preventative enhancements.
Manage third-party vendor relationships and service integrations, including benefits administrators and financial platforms, ensuring service-level agreements and data privacy compliance.
Lead semi-annual Workday release testing and regression cycles, and identify capabilities such as Workday Extend or Prism Analytics that may deliver business value.
Identify practical opportunities to improve employee productivity, automate repetitive tasks, and streamline Finance and HR operations.