Senior Workday Engineer: Integrations & Automation

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 272,000 - 302,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is hiring a Workday Engineer to design, build, and operate the systems powering critical people workflows. This hands-on role blends Workday expertise with engineering fluency to create reliable integrations and scalable automation.

You'll work across People, Finance, Security, and Engineering to connect Workday to internal tools, external platforms, and AI-powered tooling, using Git-based workflows and CLI tooling to deliver robust solutions with speed and discipline.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in Workday engineering, integrations, or adjacent systems engineering.
• Ability to design and implement automation, scripting, and debugging efforts.
• Experience with Git-based development and CLI-driven workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Workday integrations, applications, and workflow automations across domains such as payroll, benefits, recruiting, performance, and case management
• Improve reliability, quality, and scalability of People systems through strong engineering, testing, and operational practices
• Build technical solutions that connect Workday with internal platforms, external vendors, and AI-powered tooling
• Contribute to more agentic internal workflows by helping design systems that combine HR data, automation, orchestration, and intelligent tooling
• Use Git-based development practices, code review, and structured change management to deliver safely in a fast-moving environment
• Use CLI-based tools and developer workflows to build, test, troubleshoot, and support production systems efficiently
• Partner with stakeholders across People, Finance, Security, and Engineering to translate business needs into durable technical solutions
• Establish and raise standards for observability, security, supportability, and long-term maintainability across the People systems stack

Skills

Workday engineering

Integrations

Automation

Scripting

Git

CLI tooling

Security and data quality

Tools

EIB

Studio

Cloud Connect

Extend

Reporting

Automation scripting

Job description

OpenAI is hiring a Workday Engineer to design, build, and operate the systems powering critical people workflows. This hands-on role blends Workday expertise with engineering fluency to create reliable integrations and scalable automation.

You'll work across People, Finance, Security, and Engineering to connect Workday to internal tools, external platforms, and AI-powered tooling, using Git-based workflows and CLI tooling to deliver robust solutions with speed and discipline.