Sr. Software Engineer (Workday Finance)

U.S. Bank; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan

Paid vacation (2–5 weeks)

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer specializing in Workday Finance in Chicago. The successful candidate will design and maintain ETL processes, ensuring data accuracy and accessibility. They will work closely with stakeholders, leverage their extensive experience in Workday integrations, and utilize their skills with scripting languages and Agile methodologies. This role offers competitive healthcare benefits and a collaborative work environment.

Qualifications

• 5-6 years of relevant experience as an ETL Engineer or Data Integration Specialist.
• Proven experience with Workday PRISM Analytics and Workday integrations.
• Familiarity with cloud services such as AWS or Azure.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, operate and maintain ETL processes.
• Write production-ready code with full stack ownership.
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and accessibility.

Skills

Workday integrations (EIB/API/Connectors/Studio/Orchestrate/Extend)

Scripting languages (e.g. Python, Shell)

CI/CD pipelines

GitHub

SaaS data warehousing

Data lakes

Snowflake

Data modeling

Agile methodologies (Scrum, XP, Kanban)

JIRA

Excel

PowerPoint

Visio

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

Job description

Sr. Software Engineer (Workday Finance) – U.S. Bank

Join U.S. Bank, an equal‑opportunity employer that helps customers, businesses, and communities make smarter financial decisions.

Job Description

The Workday PRISM ETL Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining ETL processes to support data integration within the Workday PRISM Analytics platform. This role involves working closely with stakeholders to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and accessibility, enabling effective data‑driven decision‑making.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, operate and maintain products.
• Write production‑ready, testable code with full stack ownership.
• Create optimal designs following architectural best practices, focusing on scalability, reliability and performance.
• Analyze failures, propose design changes and encourage operational improvements.
• Make design/coding decisions with customer experience in mind.
• Incorporate feedback from code review and apply changes to meet standards.
• Conduct code reviews to guide engineering best practices and compliance with procedures.
• Ensure product development follows compliance and security best practices.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Five to six years of relevant experience.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Hands‑on experience with Workday integrations (EIB/API/Connectors/Studio/Orchestrate/Extend).
• Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g. Python, Shell).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitHub, and UDeploy.
• Experience in SaaS data warehousing, data lakes, and engineering applications such as Snowflake.
• Proven experience as an ETL Engineer, Data Integration Specialist, or similar role.
• Hands‑on experience with Workday PRISM Analytics, Accounting Center and Workday integrations.
• Familiarity with Workday Extend development.
• Strong knowledge of data modeling, warehousing and integration.
• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Visio.
• Familiarity with cloud services (AWS, Azure preferred, Google Cloud).
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies such as Scrum, XP, Kanban.
• Experience with Agile tools like JIRA, Practitest, DragonBoat.
• Comfortable engaging with third‑party teams to address dependencies, risks and coordinate testing scenarios.

Location Expectations

This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short‑term and long‑term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer‑funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (2–5 weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holidays
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave acquired at one hour per 30 hours worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year

E‑Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E‑Verify program in all U.S. facilities. Learn more about the E‑Verify program.

Additional Information

Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures, including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct.

Posting may be closed earlier due to a high volume of applicants.

Equal Opportunity Employer

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.