Lead, Workday Integration Engineer

Snap•Santa Monica, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Snap Inc. is hiring a Lead, Workday Integration Engineer to join its People Team. The role partners with Product, Configuration, People Analytics, Engineering, IT, and other stakeholders to turn business needs into scalable, user-centric People Technology solutions. It owns end-to-end technical delivery, from discovery and architecture through development, testing, deployment, and ongoing optimization. The engineer designs and develops complex Workday integrations, custom applications, APIs, and automation, and serves as a subject matter expert on Workday APIs and the platform’s business processes, reporting, security, data architecture, and object relationships. The role also supports downstream data modeling, assesses and improves technical architecture and system reliability, establishes monitoring and testing practices, troubleshoots complex issues, and leads cross-functional technical project execution. It explores emerging technologies, including AI-assisted development, agentic workflows, MCP, and API-driven architectures, and maintains technical documentation and knowledge-sharing practices. Snap follows a “default together” policy, expecting team members to work in an office 4 or more days per week. The role is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs. In the United States, annual base salary ranges are $173,000–$259,000 in Zone A (CA, WA, NYC), $164,000–$246,000 in Zone B, and $147,000–$220,000 in Zone C. Starting pay depends on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of experience.
At least 5 years of demonstrated Workday integration development experience using Workday integration tools such as RaaS, EIB, Document Transformation, Connectors, or Workday Studio, or similar tools.
Deep expertise in Workday integration technologies, reporting, business processes, security frameworks, and data architecture.
Advanced proficiency with Workday SOAP and REST APIs, including API behavior, request and response structures, authentication, error handling, and business process dependencies.
Strong software engineering fundamentals, including API design, data structures, system architecture, integration patterns, and secure development practices.
Experience designing downstream data models and transformation logic for applications, analytics, and reporting.
Proficiency with Workday Studio, Orchestrate, EIBs, Connectors, RaaS, Workday Extend, Workday Web Services, REST APIs, Java, JavaScript, Python, XML, XSLT, SOAP, and REST.
Strong product mindset and ability to understand user needs, challenge assumptions, and prioritize solutions based on business impact and user experience.
Strong analytical, critical-thinking, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills, including ability to navigate ambiguity and competing priorities.
Adaptability, curiosity, openness to feedback, and commitment to continuous improvement and learning emerging technologies and AI capabilities.
Ability to independently lead cross-functional initiatives, influence partners at all levels, explain technical concepts, and articulate tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences.
Ability to balance technical quality with business priorities, delivery timelines, and long-term maintainability.
Experience working in Agile development environments and using project management tools such as Jira.

Nice To Haves

At least 7 years of extensive experience with Workday Core HCM, Comp, Recruiting, Benefits, US Payroll, Absence Management, and Time Tracking modules.
At least 2 years of Workday Extend development experience.
Workday Pro certifications in Integration Administration or Workday Studio.
Strong experience using XSLT to transform XML data from Workday reports and web service responses.
Strong experience with industry-standard web services technologies, including WSDL, SOAP, REST, and WS-* standards.

Responsibilities

Partner with Product, Configuration, People Analytics, Engineering, IT, and other stakeholders to understand business challenges and translate complex or ambiguous requirements into scalable, user-centric solutions.
Own end-to-end technical delivery of integration and automation solutions, from discovery and architecture through development, testing, deployment, and optimization.
Evaluate and recommend solutions across Workday and the enterprise technology ecosystem, balancing business value, user experience, scalability, maintainability, security, performance, and cost.
Architect and develop integrations using Workday Studio, Orchestrate, EIBs, Connectors, RaaS, Workday Web Services, and REST APIs.
Design and build custom applications, APIs, and automation using Workday Extend and technologies such as Java, JavaScript, Python, XML, XSLT, SOAP, and REST.
Advise on Workday API capabilities and limitations, authentication, security, business process dependencies, request and response structures, error handling, and best practices.
Use knowledge of Workday business processes, reporting, security, data architecture, and object relationships to design holistic solutions.
Partner with engineering and analytics teams on downstream data models, table structures, joins, and transformation logic for applications and reporting.
Lead technical assessments and identify opportunities to simplify architecture, reduce technical debt, optimize API consumption, and improve reliability and system performance.
Design and implement monitoring, logging, error handling, and alerting for observable, maintainable, and resilient solutions.
Develop and execute unit, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing strategies, accounting for edge cases and downstream impacts.
Troubleshoot complex issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement durable fixes.
Drive technical project execution by managing dependencies, coordinating stakeholders, communicating risks and tradeoffs, and maintaining accountability for timelines and outcomes.
Explore and apply emerging technologies, including AI-assisted development, agentic workflows, MCP, and API-driven architectures.
Maintain technical documentation, design specifications, and knowledge-sharing practices.