Engineering Manager, Workday

SoFi • San Francisco, CA

1d • $128,000 - $220,000

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 that connect Workday with financial, HR, payroll, and cloud platforms. The manager 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 role combines deep Workday technical expertise with people-first leadership. The manager fosters an inclusive environment, develops engineers, removes operational roadblocks, promotes data integrity, and leads complex technical problem-solving. Responsibilities span Workday HCM, Financial Management, Payroll, integration development and support, platform modernization, production incident management, vendor relationships, and release testing.

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.
• 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, and ability to identify practical opportunities to improve productivity and streamline Finance and HR operations.
• Understanding of AI security, role-based access, data privacy, human oversight, auditability, and governance for AI capabilities 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, as well as event-driven architecture, API management, data transformation, and secure integration patterns.
• Ability to partner with Finance, HR, Payroll, Security, Data, and enterprise architecture teams to translate business requirements into scalable, secure, maintainable technical solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder alignment skills, including the ability to explain technical complexity to diverse audiences.

Nice To Haves

• 6 or more years of hands-on Workday integration development experience and 2 or more 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.
• Balance hands-on technical leadership with people management and foster an inclusive environment where engineers can thrive.
• 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, managing dependencies and supporting timely delivery.
• Design, develop, and maintain secure, resilient, and reusable integrations using Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, APIs, and 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 improvements.
• Manage third-party vendor relationships and service integrations, including benefits administrators and financial platforms, and ensure 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 provide business value.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager