Lead Software Engineer, Workday Finance Integrations

Salesforce•Indianapolis, IN

1d•$172,500 - $260,100

About The Position

We are seeking a self-directed, visionary technical leader to serve as a Lead Software Engineer within the DET IT Finance Engineering team. This role sits at the intersection of enterprise finance systems, integration engineering, AI-powered tooling, and cloud platforms. You will set the technical direction for Workday Finance and MuleSoft integration solutions, champion AI adoption across the engineering lifecycle, and bring cloud-native thinking (AWS/GCP) to how we design, operate, and evolve our platforms.

Requirements

10+ years of enterprise software engineering experience, including 5+ years working in Workday Financials / Accounting Center and integration-heavy environments
Demonstrated technical leadership in architecture and solution design for large-scale enterprise systems
Expert-level knowledge of Workday technical frameworks: Business Processes, Security, Accounting Center, Prism Analytics, Core Connectors, EIB, Studio, Workday Extend, Orchestrate, BIRT, and Document Transformation
Hands-on mastery of the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform — Studio, ESB, API Management, CloudHub — and building scalable, secure API-led integrations
Solid understanding of integration architecture: SOA, event-driven design, API design principles, REST/SOAP web services, and async messaging patterns
Practical experience with AI developer productivity tools (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, CodeWhisperer) and enthusiasm for embedding AI into the engineering workflow
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, including log analysis (Splunk or similar)
Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain complex designs to both technical and business audiences
A related technical degree required

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and DevOps practices in large-scale engineering environments
Experience with Agentforce or LLM/agentic AI tooling in an enterprise context
Knowledge of SOX compliance, enterprise security, and finance/ERP governance frameworks
Experience with event-driven architectures using Kafka, Pub/Sub, SQS, or equivalent

Responsibilities

Define and govern end-to-end architecture for Workday Financials, Accounting Center, and enterprise integration platforms, setting engineering standards for quality, security, and scalability
Architect and deliver secure, scalable Workday-MuleSoft integrations across Salesforce, RevRec, Vertex, and banking platforms, driving API-led connectivity best practices and integration reliability
Lead adoption of AI developer tools (Cursor, Copilot, CodeWhisperer) and automation platforms, embedding AI-assisted practices into the engineering workflow and prototyping agentic AI use cases for finance
Design and operate cloud-native integration infrastructure on AWS and/or GCP, modernizing legacy patterns with event-driven, serverless, and microservices approaches aligned to cloud governance standards
Mentor engineers through architecture and code reviews, foster a culture of continuous learning and experimentation, and collaborate cross-functionally to deliver end-to-end solutions at scale