Staff HRIS Developer
Western Governors University•Salt Lake City, UT
•Onsite
About The Position
The Staff HRIS Developer plays a key role in advancing WGU’s People Technology ecosystem by designing and delivering secure, scalable, and innovative solutions within Workday. This role strengthens the employee experience by ensuring our systems are reliable, efficient, and aligned with long‑term organizational needs. The Staff HRIS Developer partners closely with HR, IT, Security, and cross‑functional leaders to guide technical direction, influence system strategy, and build future‑ready technology across the employee lifecycle.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in Workday integrations including Core Connectors, Studio, EIB, and Workday Web Services.
- Proven Workday Extend development experience using Object Model, Prism, or orchestration frameworks.
- Strong understanding of Workday architecture, security, data models, and business processes.
- Ability to communicate complex technical topics effectively with non‑technical audiences.
- Strategic mindset with experience influencing technical direction and development roadmaps.
- Strong debugging, problem‑solving, and performance‑tuning skills.
- Experience working in Agile development environments.
Nice To Haves
- Workday Pro Certification in Integrations or Extend.
- Experience with Workday Prism, RaaS, or API frameworks.
- Familiarity with JSON, XML, SFTP, UI/UX concepts, and mobile‑first development in Extend.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a Workday developer across integrations, Studio, Extend, Core Connectors, EIBs, and Workday web services.
- Lead the design and development of complex system solutions, including custom Workday Extend applications.
- Partner with HRIS Analysts and People and Talent leadership to translate functional needs into scalable technical designs.
- Define and implement Workday integration standards that improve performance, security, and long‑term maintainability.
- Act as a technical SME for Workday enhancements and new functionality, providing hands‑on development and code reviews.
- Guide stakeholders through system design decisions, tradeoffs, and roadmap impacts.
- Drive Workday release management, including planning, regression testing, and impact analysis.
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare
- health savings account and flexible spending account
- basic and voluntary life insurance
- disability coverage
- accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages
- legal and identity theft coverage
- retirement savings plan
- wellbeing program
- discounted WGU tuition
- flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual, flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual, 11 paid holidays, and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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