Systems Engineer - Workday HCM

Salesforce, Inc.; India; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. in India seeks a skilled Workday Engineer to configure, develop, and test Workday HCM functionalities and integrations in a hybrid setup. The role requires hands-on Workday experience and collaboration with internal teams and third-party integrators.

You will contribute to design reviews, build scalable test automation with Kainos, and ensure quality through all lifecycle phases of Workday implementations. A strong background in Workday architecture and security is essential.

Qualifications

• Workday certification in one or more areas (HCM Core/Benefits/Payroll/Time & Absence/Recruiting).
• Hands-on Workday architecture, configuration, and integration knowledge.
• 4+ years of Workday HRMS and Integrations implementation experience.
• Knowledge of Workday Security, Business Processes, Reports, Calc Fields, Integrations framework, Studio and BIRT.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Workday enhancements for existing implementations, covering functional and technical aspects.
• Collaborate with internal Workday teams and business users, including 3rd party integrators.
• Contribute to design sessions with developers, PMs, and business systems analysts.
• Build test automation using tools like Kainos; participate in code reviews.
• Create and execute test plans, test cases, and defect reporting.

Skills

Workday HRMS

HCM modules

Workday Integrations

SQL

REST/SOAP

Agile/Scrum

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Workday Studio

MuleSoft

SQL

Job description

Job Category

Software Engineering

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Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Engineer with expertise in Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) to join our dynamic team. This is a hybrid role where one would spend time configuring, developing, and testing Workday functionalities and integrations. In addition to Workday expertise, the individual should have knowledge of manually testing and expertise to leverage automation tools like Kainos.

You must have a solid background in Workday with hands‑on experience in one or more Workday HRMS modules and a good understanding of industry best practices. You will be responsible for configuration, development, and testing through all phases of the implementation lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver Workday enhancements to support our existing Workday implementation, covering both functional and technical aspects.
• Closely work with the internal Workday teams and business users to understand the business requirements, including working with 3rd party integrators.
• Participate in product and feature design sessions with developers, designers, product managers, and business systems analysts.
• Build test automation that is effective, scalable, and maintainable using tools such as Kainos.
• Participate in and contribute to code reviews.
• Diagnose, track and manage quality issues to resolution.
• Ensure product quality meets stakeholder expectations and is responsible for creating test plans, test cases, test execution, and defect reporting.

Required experience

• Workday certification in one or more areas - Workday Pro in function modules (HCM Core/Benefits/Compensation/Payroll/Time & Absence/Recruiting)
• In-depth knowledge of Workday architecture, configuration, and integration.
• 4+ years of implementation experience in Workday HRMS and Workday Integrations
• Working knowledge of Workday Security, Business Processes, Reports, Calc Fields, Integrations framework, Studio and BIRT.
• Well-versed with Workday Community and latest features/enhancements of Workday Releases.
• Business analysis and requirements gathering abilities.
• Experience in leading a full life cycle Workday implementations.
• Working knowledge of data modeling design and relational database languages (SQL or SOQL).
• Working Knowledge of Web Services (SOAP and REST).
• Experience in defining test strategy, test plans, test cases, test execution, and defect reporting for Workday or any enterprise HR software applications.
• Ability to effectively communicate status and risk to the team and manager.
• Experience working with Agile/Scrum methodology.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant experience.

Desired experience and qualifications

• Experience of working on Workday modules like HCM, Recruiting, Payroll, Benefits, Compensation, Time & Absence
• Experience working on Workday Adaptive Planning is a plus
• Familiarity with Annual Benefit Enrollment, Compensation Merit and Promotion cycles
• Experience Troubleshooting with MuleSoft
• Experience working in and around the software-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service architectures and/or industry
• A demonstrated, genuine AI-first approach to engineering - using AI to move faster, build fluency across the stack, and contribute well beyond your core specialty.
• Experience using AI tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, etc.) in development workflows.
• Advanced prompt engineering skills and the ability to write precise, structured prompts and cultivate the system context that makes AI outputs reliable, secure, and production-ready.

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Accommodations

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