Lead, Workday Integration Engineer

Snap Inc. • Los Angeles, CA

1d • $147,000 - $259,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Snap Inc. is seeking a Lead, Workday Integration Engineer to join its People Team. The role partners with Product, Configuration, People Analytics, Engineering, IT, and other stakeholders to understand business challenges and translate complex or ambiguous needs into scalable, user-centric People Technology solutions.

The engineer owns end-to-end technical delivery for integration and automation solutions, from discovery and architecture through development, testing, deployment, and ongoing optimization. The role architects and develops integrations and applications across Workday and the broader enterprise technology ecosystem, applying expertise in Workday APIs, business processes, reporting, security, data architecture, and object relationships. It also works with engineering and analytics teams on downstream data models and transformation logic, and leads technical assessments to improve architecture, reliability, performance, and maintainability.

The position includes designing monitoring and testing strategies, troubleshooting complex issues, coordinating cross-functional delivery, documenting technical solutions, and exploring emerging technologies such as AI-assisted development, agentic workflows, MCP, and API-driven architectures. Snap follows a “default together” approach, expecting team members to work in an office four or more days per week.

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 business process configuration 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, and REST APIs, along with 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 manage 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, 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 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 including Java, JavaScript, Python, XML, XSLT, SOAP, and REST.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on Workday APIs and advise on 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.
• 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” approach.

Benefits

• Paid parental leave
• Comprehensive medical coverage
• Emotional and mental health support programs
• Compensation packages that provide an opportunity to share in Snap’s long-term success
• Equity in the form of RSUs

What This Job Offers

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