Senior Workday Developer: Integrations & Extend

Aquent; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquent is seeking a seasoned Workday Developer to design, build, and maintain HR integrations and Extend apps. You will work across HCM, Benefits, Payroll, Recruiting, and Identity Management, ensuring robust data flows and secure processing.

You will own integration architecture, implement observable dashboards, and resolve complex production issues, collaborating with stakeholders to deliver reliable, scalable solutions for a large workforce.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years of software or application engineering experience, with significant time spent on platform or enterprise systems.
• 4+ years of hands-on Workday development experience across integrations (Studio, EIB, Core Connectors), Extend, Orchestration, and RaaS/WQL.
• Highly skilled in building with REST/SOAP and GraphQL, and proficient in data transformation patterns (XML, XSLT, JSON).
• Demonstrated ownership of integration architecture, including event-driven patterns, API gateway patterns, and fault-tolerant design.
• Deep understanding of the Workday data model and security fundamentals (domains, segments, business processes).
• Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, or a related field (B.E./B.Tech/MCA), or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Support and build assigned integration and application work across HR platforms including HCM, Benefits, Payroll, Recruiting, Identity Management, and vendor management systems.
• Develop and maintain integrations with key benefits providers for Open Enrollment.
• Construct integrations, services, and applications utilizing Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, and REST/SOAP/GraphQL APIs.
• Develop Workday Extend applications, including custom objects, validations, and orchestration-backed workflows.
• Implement observability for assigned integrations, including dashboards, metrics, alerts, and runbooks.
• Resolve high-severity production issues by identifying root causes and implementing remediation strategies.
• Coordinate the delivery of assigned workstreams, preparing design documentation and project estimates.
• Communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders, documenting decisions and design trade-off rationales.

Skills

Workday integrations

REST/SOAP/GraphQL

XML data transformation

JSON data handling

Orchestration

Workday Extend

RaaS/WQL

Integration architecture

Security fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, CS, IT or related field

Tools

Workday Studio

EIB

Core Connectors

Workday Extend

Job description

Aquent is seeking a seasoned Workday Developer to design, build, and maintain HR integrations and Extend apps. You will work across HCM, Benefits, Payroll, Recruiting, and Identity Management, ensuring robust data flows and secure processing.

You will own integration architecture, implement observable dashboards, and resolve complex production issues, collaborating with stakeholders to deliver reliable, scalable solutions for a large workforce.