Senior Engineer, Workday ATS

Roku•Austin, TX

6h•Hybrid

About The Position

As part of Enterprise Engineering, the Workday Recruiting/Talent Acquisition Engineer sets the bar for technical excellence and innovation across our Talent Acquisition platform—driving configuration strategy, automation, integration optimization, and continuous validation at scale. You'll bring deep Workday Recruiting and ATS functional knowledge, combined with strong engineering capabilities, applying technical rigor to enterprise-grade recruiting system configuration, data management, and testing in a fast-paced, high-volume hiring environment. Scope includes Workday Recruiting, Advanced Recruiting, Candidate Experience (Career Site), ATS Tech Stack (HiredScore, Paradox, iCIMS integration), Talent Acquisition processes, Onboarding, and recruiting analytics/reporting. You'll build robust, scalable automated solutions and manage the quality lifecycle in our Workday Recruiting ecosystem, ensuring compliance, data integrity, candidate experience excellence, and recruitment efficiency requirements for a rapidly growing company.

Requirements

6+ years with SaaS/Cloud HR technology and significant hands-on Workday Recruiting experience across requisition management, candidate management, offer management, career site configuration, recruiting analytics, and ATS integrations.
Deep functional expertise in Talent Acquisition processes, including high-volume recruiting, executive search, agency management, candidate sourcing, interview management, offer workflows, background checks, and onboarding transitions.
Strong technical skills in Workday Recruiting configuration, Calculated Fields, Workday Studio, or EIB for data management, integration troubleshooting (Web Services, RaaS reports), and understanding of API-based recruiting technology ecosystems.
Experience with recruiting automation tools such as HiredScore, Paradox (conversational AI), scheduling tools, CRM platforms, and modern ATS integrations.
Test automation and quality engineering experience with tools like Tricentis Tosca, Selenium, or similar; ability to design and maintain automated regression suites for recruiting workflows.
Data-driven mindset with experience building recruiting analytics, dashboards (Workday Reports, Prism), and using data to optimize funnel conversion, process efficiency, and candidate experience.
Understanding of recruiting compliance requirements, including OFCCP, EEOC, GDPR, accessibility standards (WCAG), and ability to configure systems to meet regulatory obligations.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills; ability to translate complex technical concepts for recruiting leaders and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
Experience managing or contributing to enterprise-scale Workday implementations or transformations; familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and DevOps practices.
Passion for candidate experience and recruiting innovation; stays current on recruiting technology trends, AI/ML applications in talent acquisition, and Workday Recruiting product roadmap.

Responsibilities

Design and own the end-to-end Workday Recruiting configuration and integration strategy for Recruiting, Advanced Recruiting, Career Site, ATS integrations (HiredScore, Paradox), Onboarding, and Talent Acquisition workflows—balancing technical excellence with speed to delivery and optimal candidate experience.
Build, maintain, and scale Workday Recruiting configurations, including job requisition templates, candidate pipelines, offer management, background check integrations, recruiting events, interview scheduling, and agency portal functionality; ensure seamless data flow across systems.
Design and implement comprehensive automated test coverage for recruiting processes using Tricentis Tosca or similar tools; manage test execution and traceability in qTest; integrate results into CI/CD pipelines for continuous quality validation.
Create reusable configuration frameworks and templates (job req templates, screening questions, candidate evaluation forms, offer letter templates, recruiting business process steps) that standardize processes, reduce configuration time, and improve system reliability.
Drive API-level and end-to-end integration testing across the Talent Acquisition ecosystem (e.g., requisition creation to hire, candidate sourcing, screening workflows, offer approval, background checks, I-9 verification, onboarding handoff to HCM), including third-party vendor integrations and Workday web services.
Validate Workday Recruiting Extend apps, custom objects, and advanced configurations to ensure functional correctness, security, accessibility, compliance (OFCCP, EEOC), and performance under high-volume recruiting loads.
Establish recruiting-specific quality metrics, dashboards, and reporting (including time-to-fill, candidate conversion rates, system uptime, integration success rates, configuration coverage, defect density) that enable data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement.
Champion candidate experience excellence: partner with Recruiting, Employer Branding, and TA Operations teams to optimize career site performance, mobile responsiveness, application completion rates, and candidate communication workflows.
Lead technical design reviews and configuration governance for recruiting process changes, partner with Workday Recruiting Consultants, Integration Engineers, and HRIS teams on design patterns and apply configuration best practices to recruiting assets.
Drive root cause analysis and systemic improvements across recruiting data quality, process bottlenecks, integration failures, and user experience issues; continuously optimize configuration efficiency and recruiting operations effectiveness.
Collaborate closely with Talent Acquisition, Recruiting Operations, HR Technology, Compliance, DEI, People Analytics, and vendor partners (HiredScore, Paradox, background check providers) to align technical solutions with business priorities, hiring goals, and regulatory requirements.
Manage Workday Recruiting roadmap alignment with bi-annual releases and feature updates; evaluate new Recruiting functionality, lead pilot programs, and drive adoption of innovations that enhance recruiter productivity and candidate experience.