Senior Workday Extend Solutions Architect

Workday; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 171,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Job summary

Workday Extend Services Consultant navigates the design, development and deployment of custom AI agents and Extend applications for customers. You’ll work with Workday’s core modules to deliver agentic workflows while ensuring governance and security.

You’ll lead discovery sessions, define objectives, and guide solutions that align with customer processes. You will collaborate with clients to craft scalable solutions, review designs for clarity and maintainability, and communicate complex

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience with Workday HCM, Financials or Student domain experience is a MUST
• 7+ years of experience with data migration, integration development, report building, or software development
• 7+ years of experience with technical consulting, requirements gathering, or solution design
• 3+ years of experience with Software Architecture & Design
• Working knowledge of building custom AI agents and agentic apps directly on core systems
• Architectural understanding of defining decision scopes, prompt engineering, and orchestrating agents across multiple systems
• Demonstrated experience defining agent capabilities and integrating them over MCP or using Agent-Ready Tools
• Extensive knowledge of web service technologies (REST, SOAP, JSON, XML) and authentication and authorization methods (OAuth, JWT, WS-Security, SAML, X.509, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy custom AI agents and Workday Extend applications for customers.
• Lead discovery sessions to assemble requirements, define agent objectives, and establish guardrails.
• Collaborate with customers to craft innovative agentic workflows and business solutions.
• Review technical designs for consistency, maintainability, and security.
• Explain complex concepts to non-technical teams and ensure customer success.

Skills

Workday HCM/Financials/Student domain

Data migration

Integration development

Software development

Technical consulting

Solution design

Software architecture

AI agents

MCP/Agent-Ready Tools

REST/SOAP/JSON/XML

OAuth/JWT/SAML

Web security concepts

Tools

Workday Developer Agent

MCP-compatible tools

Job description

Workday Extend Services Consultant navigates the design, development and deployment of custom AI agents and Extend applications for customers. You’ll work with Workday’s core modules to deliver agentic workflows while ensuring governance and security.

You’ll lead discovery sessions, define objectives, and guide solutions that align with customer processes. You will collaborate with clients to craft scalable solutions, review designs for clarity and maintainability, and communicate complex