Engineering Manager, Workday

SoFi•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

SoFi is a next-generation financial services company and national bank using mobile-first technology to help members reach their financial goals. The Engineering Manager of Workday Platform leads a team of integration engineers responsible for designing, building, and supporting data integrations across Workday and financial, HR, payroll, and cloud platforms. The role partners with People Operations, Finance, Enterprise Engineering, Security, and external vendors to establish technical roadmaps, maintain architectural standards, and deliver reliable integrations at scale. This technical leadership role combines deep Workday expertise with people-first management. The manager fosters an inclusive environment, supports engineers’ growth, removes operational roadblocks, champions data integrity, and guides complex technical problem solving. Responsibilities span Workday HCM, Financial Management, Payroll, integration architecture and development, platform modernization, production support, vendor relationships, release testing, and evaluation of new Workday capabilities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of experience, or a master’s degree and 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.
Proven 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 minimizing 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 in enterprise HR and financial systems.
Strong 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.
Strong partnership skills across Finance, HR, Payroll, Security, Data, and enterprise architecture teams.
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 a high-performing engineering team responsible for Workday HCM, Financial Management, Payroll, and the broader Workday technical ecosystem, balancing hands-on technical leadership with people management.
Define and execute the Workday technical roadmap, architecture standards, engineering principles, and platform modernization strategy aligned with business priorities and enterprise architecture.
Translate department priorities into sprint goals, integration specifications, and project roadmaps, ensuring 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, 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 could deliver business value.
Partner with Finance, HR, Payroll, Security, Data, Enterprise Engineering, and enterprise architecture teams to translate requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable technical solutions.
Identify practical opportunities to use AI capabilities to improve employee productivity, automate repetitive tasks, and streamline Finance and HR operations, while accounting for security, privacy, oversight, auditability, and governance.