Engineering Manager, Workday

Galileo Financial Technologies, LLC; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

SoFi Tech Solutions in San Francisco seeks an Engineering Manager of Workday Platform to lead a team of integration engineers and own core data conduits across the Workday ecosystem for HR, payroll and finance. You will partner with People Operations, Finance, Enterprise Engineering, Security, and external vendors to set technical roadmaps and ensure reliable integrations at scale.

You will foster an inclusive, high-performing culture, champion data integrity, and drive architectural standards

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field with 4+ years of experience.
• Master’s degree +3+ years in related field or equivalent.
• Experience leading and mentoring Workday engineers and establishing engineering standards.
• Strong understanding of Workday architecture, release management, and modernization.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team focused on Workday HCM, Financial Management, Payroll and related ecosystem.
• Define and execute Workday technical roadmap, architecture standards, and platform modernization aligned with business needs.
• Translate priorities into sprint goals, integration specs, and project roadmaps with timely delivery.
• Design, develop, and maintain secure and scalable integrations using Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, APIs, and MuleSoft.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Project management

Architecture design

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Master’s Degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Workday Studio

EIB

Core Connectors

Workday Web Services

REST/SOAP APIs

MuleSoft

Job description

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Who we are:

Welcoming, collaborative and having the opportunity to make an impact - is how our employees describe working here. SoFi Tech Solutions (formerly Galileo Financial Technologies) is a financial technology company that provides innovative and revolutionary software products and services that power some of the world's largest Fintechs. We are the only payments innovator that applies tech and engineering capabilities to empower Fintechs and financial institutions to unleash their full creativity to achieve their most inspired goals. SoFi Tech Solutions leads its industry with superior fraud detection, security, decision-making analytics and regulatory compliance functionality combined with customized, responsive and flexible programs to accelerate the success of all payments companies and solve tomorrow's payments challenges today. We hire energetic and creative employees while providing them the opportunity to excel in their careers and make a difference for our clients. Learn more about us and why we work here at https://tech.sofi.com/careers/.

The role:

As the Engineering Manager of Workday Platform at SoFi, you will lead a dedicated team of integration engineers responsible for designing, building, and supporting the core data conduits connecting our Workday ecosystem across broader financial, HR, payroll, and cloud platforms. You will partner closely with People Operations, Finance, Enterprise Engineering, Security, and external vendors to establish technical roadmaps, uphold architectural standards, and deliver reliable data integrations at scale.

We are looking for an experienced technical leader who pairs deep Workday technical expertise with people-first leadership. In this role, you will foster an inclusive environment where engineers thrive, remove operational roadblocks, champion data integrity, and guide your team through complex technical problem solving with a founder’s mindset.

What you’ll do:

• Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team responsible for Workday HCM, Financial Management, Payroll, and the broader Workday technical ecosystem, balancing hands-on technical leadership with people management
• Define and execute the Workday technical roadmap, architecture standards, engineering principles, and platform modernization strategy aligned with business priorities and enterprise architecture.
• Translate department priorities into clear sprint goals, integration specifications, and project roadmaps, ensuring timely delivery while managing operational dependencies.
• Design, develop, and maintain secure, resilient, and reusable integrations using Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, APIs, and enterprise integration platforms such as MuleSoft.
• Establish standards for technical design, peer reviews, automated testing, documentation, deployment, monitoring, incident management, and production support to improve reliability and maintainability.
• Own production support and incident management for the integration landscape; guide root-cause investigations, conduct blameless post-mortems, and drive preventative enhancements.
• Manage third-party vendor relationships and service integrations (e.g., benefits administrators, financial platforms), ensuring service level agreements (SLAs) and strict data privacy compliance.
• Lead semi-annual Workday release testing and regression cycles, proactively identifying new capabilities (such as Workday Extend or Prism Analytics) that bring business value.

What you’ll need:

• Education & Minimum Experience Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree + 4+ Years of Experience OR Master’s Degree + 3+ Years of Experience in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Extensive hands-on experience architecting, developing, and supporting Workday HCM, Financial Management, and Payroll, including complex business processes, configuration, security, reporting, and production support.
• Proven experience leading and mentoring high-performing Workday engineers, establishing engineering standards, conducting design and code reviews, and driving technical excellence across the platform.
• Strong understanding of Workday architecture, platform extensibility, technical roadmaps, release management, and emerging capabilities to continuously modernize the enterprise application ecosystem.
• Expertise in Workday Studio, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Core Connectors, Workday Web Services, REST/SOAP APIs, and integration design patterns, with experience building secure, scalable, and resilient integrations.
• Experience with Workday Extend and platform extensibility capabilities to build custom applications, user experiences, and workflows that address complex business requirements while minimizing unnecessary customization.
• Familiarity with Workday’s evolving AI capabilities, including Workday Illuminate, AI-powered business process automation. Ability to identify practical opportunities to improve employee productivity, automate repetitive tasks, and streamline Finance and HR operations.
• Understanding of AI security, role-based access, data privacy, human oversight, auditability, and governance requirements for deploying AI capabilities in enterprise HR and financial systems.
• Strong experience with Workday Report Writer, calculated fields, dashboards, analytics, and data extraction, with an understanding of Workday data models and integration with enterprise data platforms.
• Deep understanding of Workday security architecture, domain and business process