Senior Workday Integrations Product Engineer

Elanco; Hook; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Elanco, a global animal health leader based in Hook, UK, is seeking a Workday Integrations Product Engineer to design, build, operate, and improve the Workday integration ecosystem for our global workforce.

You will own end-to-end integrations, leverage Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, and middleware, emphasize security and reliability, and collaborate in an Agile team with Product Managers, HR, and engineering colleagues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, IT, or engineering.
• Hands-on workday integrations experience in a global enterprise.
• Experience with Workday Studio, PECI, WECI, Boomi.
• REST/SOAP APIs, XML, and data transformation familiarity.
• Security, privacy, and data governance awareness.
• Experience in Agile and DevOps delivery.
• Strong analytical and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support robust integrations between Workday and enterprise apps using Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, Cloud Connect, REST/SOAP APIs, PECI, WECI, and Boomi-based middleware.
• Design scalable, secure integration patterns based on requirements, data volumes, and reliability standards.
• Perform integration analysis, data mapping, transformation, validation, and reconciliation.
• Evolve the Workday integration architecture and establish reusable patterns and standards.
• Identify opportunities to modernize legacy workflows and reduce technical debt.
• Apply software engineering practices including version control, automated testing, CI/CD, and release management.
• Build integrations with observability, monitoring, and self-healing error handling by design.
• Troubleshoot production issues and improve integration performance.
• Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and data governance standards.
• Collaborate in an Agile Product Engineering team with Product Managers, Designers, HR, and global groups.
• Own end-to-end solutions across their lifecycle and communicate clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Workday Integration

Workday Studio

REST/SOAP APIs

CI/CD

Agile & DevOps

Security & Governance

Problem Solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline

Tools

Boomi

PECi

WECI

Workday Extend

Job description

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) - it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose - all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you'll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals' lives better makes life better - join our team today!

Your role: Workday Integrations Product Engineer

We are looking for an experienced Workday Integrations Product Engineer to join our engineering organization and help design, build, operate, and continuously improve the integration ecosystem supporting our global workforce.

This is a hands-on engineering role with a strong focus on Workday integration development, architecture, automation, reliability, security, observability, and operational excellence.

Your Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support robust integrations between Workday and enterprise applications using Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, Cloud Connect, Workday Web Services, REST/SOAP APIs, PECI, WECI, and middleware technologies like Boomi or cloud services.
• Design scalable, secure, and maintainable integration patterns based on business requirements, data volumes, security needs, and reliability standards.
• Perform integration analysis, data mapping, transformation, validation, and reconciliation.
• Contribute to the evolution of the overall Workday integration architecture, establishing reusable patterns, engineering standards, best practices, and conducting technical design reviews.
• Identify opportunities to simplify existing integrations, modernize legacy workflows, and reduce technical debt across the HR technology ecosystem.
• Apply strong software engineering principles including version control, peer reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, and structured release management.
• Build integrations with observability, operational resilience, proactive monitoring, alerting, logging, automated recovery, and self-healing error handling by design.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues, conduct root-cause analysis, and continuously improve integration performance and supportability.
• Ensure all integrations strictly comply with enterprise security, privacy, and data governance standards, implementing robust authentication, authorization, encryption, auditability, and secure data transfers.
• Collaborate within an Agile Product Engineering team alongside Product Managers, Designers, HR stakeholders, and global engineering groups, actively participating in ceremonies, backlog refinement, and roadmap planning.
• Own solutions end-to-end across their entire lifecycle - translating business requirements into scalable technical options, challenging complexity where simpler approaches exist, and communicating concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):

• Degree & Education: Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Workday Integration Expertise: Strong hands-on experience developing, supporting, and troubleshooting complex Workday integrations in a large, global enterprise environment, including experience with Workday Extend or broader Workday platform capabilities.
• Core Integration Technologies & Patterns: Strong experience with Workday Studio, PECI, WECI, and enterprise integration platforms (e.g., Boomi).
• Technical Protocols & Data Handling: Deep proficiency with Workday Web Services, REST/SOAP APIs, XML/XSLT, data transformation, event-driven integration, and overall integration architecture.
• Security & Governance: Strong understanding of security, data privacy, and data integrity principles.
• Delivery & Methodology: Experience working within Agile and DevOps delivery models.
• Soft Skills & Collaboration: Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to work effectively across product, engineering, business, and vendor teams.

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):

• Cloud Platforms & DevOps Practices: Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., GCP or Microsoft Azure), CI/CD pipelines, and automated deployment practices.
• Operational Tooling & Observability: Strong background in monitoring, observability, automated operational tooling, and IT service management platforms such as ServiceNow.
• Modernization & Analytics: Proven experience modernizing legacy integrations, reducing technical debt, and leveraging reporting or analytics technologies like Power BI.

Additional Information:

• Travel: 0-10%
• Location: Hook, UK - Hybrid Work Environment

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!

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