Principal Software Engineer- Workday

Cornerstone; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornerstone seeks a Senior Workday Studio Integration Engineer Consultant to design, develop, and support scalable, high-volume Workday integrations. The role emphasizes architectural leadership, parallel processing, streaming architectures, and secure integrations using XSLT 3.0.

You will collaborate with HR, Payroll, Security, and IT teams, lead design reviews, and mentor junior consultants to ensure enterprise-grade integration solutions.

Qualifications

• Advanced expertise in Workday Studio for complex inbound and outbound integrations.
• Experience with Workday Core Connectors and custom Studio-based integrations.
• Strong knowledge of REST and SOAP endpoints for external integrations.
• Solid understanding of Workday security (ISU, domain security, certificates).
• Ability to design secure, scalable Workday integration architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support high-volume Workday Studio integrations.
• Lead end-to-end design, development, and support of complex integrations.
• Mentor junior consultants and provide design guidance.
• Collaborate with HR, Payroll, Security, and IT to resolve integration issues.
• Conduct technical walkthroughs, RCA documentation, and status reporting.
• Translate business requirements into scalable integration solutions.

Skills

Workday Studio

Workday Integrations

Core HCM

REST & SOAP

XSLT 3.0

Security & ISU

Parallel processing

High-volume integrations

Tools

Workday Core Connectors

Job description

Weare seeking a Senior Workday Studio Integration Engineer Consultant withadvanced expertise in designing, developing, and supporting high-volume,performance-critical Workday integrations. This role focuses on architectingscalable and secure integration solutions using modern Workday Studiocapabilities, including parallel processing, streaming architectures,asynchronous orchestration, and XSLT 3.0. The consultant will serve as aprimary technical advisor to clients, collaborate closely with cross-functionalteams, and provide technical leadership to ensure reliable, efficient, andenterprise-grade Workday integration solutions.

In this role you will...

• 8-10+ years of overall IT experience with strong hands-on expertise in Workday integrations and Workday Studio development.

• Proven experience leading end-to-end design, development, and support of complex, high-volume Workday Studio integrations.
• Strong hands-on experience with advanced integration patterns including parallelization, chunking, streaming architectures, asynchronous orchestration, and XSLT 3.0.
• Experience integrating Workday with external systems using REST and SOAP web services.
• Acted as a primary technical point of contact, translating business requirements into scalable integration solutions.
• Proven ability to provide technical leadership through design guidance, code reviews, and mentoring of junior consultants.
• Experience collaborating with HR, Payroll, Security, and IT teams to resolve integration issues and optimize workflows.
• Strong stakeholder communication skills, including technical walkthroughs, RCA documentation, and status reporting.

You've Got What It Takes If You Have:

WorkdayExpertise

• Advanced expertise in Workday Studio for complex inbound and outbound integrations.
• Strong hands-on experience with Workday Core HCM and deep integration exposure.
• Extensive experience with Workday Integrations, including:
• Workday Core Connectors
• Custom Studio-based integrations
• External REST and SOAP endpoint integrations
• Strong expertise in Workday Reporting to support integration and downstream data needs.
• Advanced technical skills in XSLT (including XSLT 3.0), XML, and integration transformations.
• Solid understanding of Workday integration security, including ISU access, domain security policies, authentication models, certificates, and integration-specific security controls.
• Ability to design secure, scalable, and maintainable Workday integration architectures aligned with enterprise standards.

TechnicalSkills

• Workday Studio (Advanced)
• Workday Integrations, including Core Connectors
• Workday Core HCM
• Workday Payroll, Recruiting, and Financial Management (working knowledge)
• XSLT (including XSLT 3.0)
  XML, XPath
• REST and SOAP Web Services
• Streaming and memory-optimized integration design
• Multi-threaded and parallel integration processing

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