Senior Workday Engineer

DDN; Madrid; Híbrido; EUR 70.000 - 95.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Hybrid work model

Descripción de la vacante

DDN is expanding its HR technology landscape with a Senior HRIS Engineer based in Madrid. You will lead Workday HCM deployment efforts, coordinate with HR and Finance, and drive advanced analytics and automation initiatives while ensuring robust security and data integrity across the HR ecosystem.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design scalable HR processes, enhance integrations, and deliver measurable improvements in payroll, benefits, and workforce analytics within a hybrid

Formación

• 4–7 years of experience in HRIS/HCM or Workday-focused engineering/analyst roles.
• Experience in Core HCM, Reporting, Absence and Time Tracking, Talent Management, Payroll, and Benefits.

Responsabilidades

• Serve as a key engineer and product lead for our Workday HCM deployment including configuration, testing, documentation, and ongoing enhancements.
• Partner with HR stakeholders to translate business needs into practical system designs, process improvements, and supportable solutions.
• Configure and maintain HR business processes, security, calculated fields, reports, dashboards, and data validations as needed.
• Work closely with integration and automation teams to connect Workday with other internal/external apps for operations, analytics, workflow automation, and embedded AI.
• Help establish strong operational discipline through documentation, ticket handling, sprint participation, and delivery tracking.

Conocimientos

HRIS

HCM systems

Workday

Data-driven mindset

Communication skills

Herramientas

Jira

PeakOn

LMS platforms

HR integrations

Gen AI (Claude/Gemini)

Descripción del empleo

The Senior HRIS Engineer will play a hands-on role in DDN’s multi-year business systems modernization. You will work on enhancing DDN’s HR technology ecosystem, with Workday as the core HCM platform while driving innovation in and around it through modern orchestration technology, workplace AI, and frontier models. Partnering closely with HR, Finance, and technical teams on solution design, our team is a group of highly talented, dedicated professionals who will challenge and empower you to solve big problems.

What you’ll do

• Serve as a key engineer and product lead for our Workday HCM deployment including configuration, testing, documentation, and ongoing enhancements in areas such as core HCM, time, absence, advanced comp, payroll, and benefits

• Partner with HR stakeholders to translate business needs into practical system designs, process improvements, and supportable solutions.

• Configure and maintain HR business processes, security, calculated fields, reports, dashboards, and data validations as needed.

• Work closely with integration and automation team to improve connectivity between Workday and other internal/external applications for operations, analytics, workflow automation, and embedded AI

• Help establish strong operational discipline through clear documentation, ticket handling, sprint participation, and visible delivery tracking.

What we’re looking for

• A curious, service-oriented approach and a genuine interest in understanding the business context behind requirements.

• 4–7 years of experience in HRIS, HCM systems, or Workday-focused engineering/analyst roles

• Practical experience in several of the following areas: Core HCM, Reporting, Absence and Time Tracking, Talent Management, Payroll, and Benefits.

• Experience supporting system enhancements, implementations, or post-go-live optimization in a growth environment

• Data-driven mindset; able to use reporting and process insight to guide recommendations.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain system behavior and tradeoffs clearly

Nice to have

• Experience working in global or multi-country HR environments

• Exposure to Peakon, LMS platforms, or HR integrations.

• Experience partnering on automation, integrations, or AI-enabled workflow improvements.

• Exposure to work management technologies such as Jira and modern gen ai models such as claude and gemini

This role will be based in our Madrid city centre office with hybrid working model.