Lead, Workday Integration Engineer

Snap Inc.•Los Angeles, CA

19h•$147,000 - $259,000•Onsite

About The Position

Snap Inc. is seeking a Lead, Workday Integration Engineer to join its People Team. The People Team supports the company by hiring and developing employees, rewarding them, and building healthy, productive workplaces across its global offices. In this role, you will partner with Product, Configuration, People Analytics, Engineering, IT, and other stakeholders to turn complex business needs into scalable, user-centric People Technology solutions. You will own end-to-end technical delivery, from discovery and architecture through development, testing, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing optimization. You will evaluate solutions across Workday and the broader enterprise technology ecosystem, balancing user experience, business value, security, performance, scalability, maintainability, and cost. You will architect integrations and automation using Workday integration tools, APIs, and related technologies; build custom applications and APIs with Workday Extend; and advise on Workday API capabilities and best practices. The role also involves applying knowledge of Workday processes, reporting, security, data architecture, and object relationships; collaborating on downstream data models and transformation logic; improving architecture and reliability; leading testing and troubleshooting; and coordinating cross-functional technical project delivery. You will explore emerging technologies, including AI-assisted development and agentic workflows, and maintain technical documentation and knowledge-sharing practices. Snap follows a “default together” approach and expects team members to work in an office four or more days per week. The role is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs. U.S. base salary ranges by zone are $173,000–$259,000 for Zone A (CA, WA, NYC), $164,000–$246,000 for Zone B, and $147,000–$220,000 for Zone C.

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, Workday Studio, or similar.
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 dependencies on business process configuration.
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 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, including willingness to learn and apply emerging technologies and AI capabilities.
Ability to independently lead cross-functional initiatives and influence partners at all levels, explaining complex technical concepts and 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, Compensation, Recruiting, Benefits, U.S. Payroll, Absence Management, and Time Tracking modules.
At least 2 years of Workday Extend development experience.
Workday Pro certification 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 for integration and automation solutions, from discovery and architecture through development, testing, deployment, and ongoing 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 as a subject matter expert on Workday APIs, including capabilities, limitations, authentication, security, business process dependencies, request and response structures, error handling, and best practices.
Apply 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 performance.
Design and implement monitoring, logging, error handling, and alerting for observable, maintainable, resilient solutions.
Develop and execute unit, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing strategies, considering edge cases and downstream impacts.
Troubleshoot complex issues, conduct root cause analysis, and implement durable fixes.
Drive technical project execution by managing dependencies, coordinating stakeholders, communicating risks and tradeoffs, and maintaining accountability for delivery 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.
Work in an office four or more days per week under Snap’s default-together policy.