Workday Extend Developer

Zoho; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,700,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoho in Bengaluru, India is seeking a Workday Extend Developer to design, build, and deploy custom web applications within the Workday cloud platform. You will leverage Extend capabilities to create unique user interfaces, data structures, and integration endpoints.

The ideal candidate has 4–8 years in enterprise app engineering, with at least 2+ years actively developing on the Workday Extend framework and a Workday Certified Extend Developer certification.

Qualifications

• 4 to 8 years of enterprise app engineering or full-stack web development experience.
• 2+ years actively designing, building, and maintaining custom apps on Workday Extend.
• Mandatory: Workday Certified Extend Developer.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance custom applications using Workday Extend, Page Builder, and App Components.
• Build custom data objects and relationships within the Workday environment while maintaining data consistency.
• Orchestrate advanced orchestration lines, including workflows, triggers, error-handling loops, and background data processing tasks.
• Expose and consume programmatic endpoints using Workday REST APIs, external APIs, and the Workday Query Language (WQL).
• Configure custom security permissions and governance in alignment with domain security frameworks.
• Perform database optimization and remediation to ensure optimal page rendering and telemetry.
• Lead update regression validations for semi-annual platform releases.

Skills

Workday Extend

Page Builder

App Components

Workday REST API

WQL

Tools

Workday Integration Studio

Job description

• Relevant Experience Required: 2+ years of hands‑on experience designing and developing custom applications using the Workday Extend framework
  
• Mandatory Certification: Workday Certified Extend Developer
  

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Workday Extend Developer to design, build, and deploy custom web applications and business extensions directly within the native Workday cloud platform. The ideal candidate will leverage Workday Extend capabilities to create unique user interfaces, build custom database objects, orchestrate data pipelines, and address unique business scenarios without relying on siloed third‑party software applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance custom applications using the Workday Extend framework, Page Builder, and the App Components library
  
• Build custom database structures, configuring custom data objects, fields, and relationships within the Workday environment while maintaining data consistency
  
• Orchestrate advanced orchestration lines, defining system workflows, task triggers, error‑handling exception loops, and automated background data processing tasks
  
• Expose and consume programmatic endpoints, constructing custom data serialization loops using Workday REST APIs, external APIs, and the WQL (Workday Query Language) framework
  
• Configure custom security permissions, establishing secure application execution rules, identity authorization loops, and structural access controls in alignment with domain security governance
  
• Perform database optimization code remediation, auditing application telemetry, tracking system processing latencies, and fixing interface components to ensure optimal page rendering
  
• Lead update regression validations for semi‑annual platform releases, checking custom application code paths across developer sandboxes to prevent operational disruption
  

Requirements

• 4 to 8 years of core enterprise application engineering or full‑stack web development experience, with 2+ dedicated years actively designing, building, and maintaining custom apps explicitly on the Workday Extend framework
  
• Deep structural understanding of the Workday presentation layer architecture, object relationship conventions, security model boundaries, and development lifecycles
  
• Mandatory certification: Workday Certified Extend Developer
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Workday Certified Integration Studio or Workday Certified Core HCM certification
  
• Prior experience implementing Model Context Protocol (MCP) or connecting custom Extend app layouts with real-time enterprise generative AI services