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Systems Engineer

Pay
$148,500 – $223,900 per year
Location
New York, NY · Hybrid
Job type
Full-time
Level
Senior
Experience
4+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree
Listed
13 days ago

Skills & highlights for this role

  • Workday HRMS
  • Workday Integrations
  • Workday Security
  • Workday Business Processes
  • Workday Reports
  • Workday Calculated Fields
  • Workday Integrations Framework
  • Workday Studio
  • Workday BIRT
  • Test Automation
  • Manual Testing
  • SQL
  • SOQL
  • Data Modeling

Also useful

  • Workday Pro Certification
  • Kainos
  • Workday HCM
  • Workday Recruiting
  • Workday Payroll
  • Workday Benefits
  • Workday Compensation
  • Workday Time and Absence

About the role

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category

Software Engineering

The Experience

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Engineer with expertise in Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) to join our dynamic team. This is a hybrid role where one would spend time configuring, developing, and testing Workday functionalities and integrations. In addition to Workday expertise, the individual should have knowledge of manually testing and expertise to leverage automation tools like Kainos.

You must have a solid background in Workday with hands-on experience in one or more

Workday HRMS modules and a good understanding of industry best practices. You will be responsible for configuration, development, and testing through all phases of the implementation lifecycle.

What You'll Actually Be Doing

  • Deliver Workday enhancements to support our existing Workday implementation, covering both functional and technical aspects.
  • Closely work with the internal Workday teams and business users to understand the business requirements, including working with 3rd party integrators.
  • Participate in product and feature design sessions with developers, designers, product managers, and business systems analysts.
  • Build test automation that is effective, scalable, and maintainable using tools such as Kainos.
  • Participate in and contribute to code reviews.
  • Diagnose, track and manage quality issues to resolution.
  • Ensure product quality meets stakeholder expectations and is responsible for creating test plans, test cases, test execution, and defect reporting.

You're Our Person If

  • Workday certification in one or more areas - Workday Pro in function modules (HCM Core/Benefits/Compensation/Payroll/Time & Absence/Recruiting)
  • In-depth knowledge of Workday architecture, configuration, and integration.
  • 4+ years of implementation experience in Workday HRMS and Workday Integrations
  • Working knowledge of Workday Security, Business Processes, Reports, Calc Fields, Integrations framework, Studio and BIRT.
  • Well-versed with Workday Community and latest features/enhancements of Workday Releases.
  • Business analysis and requirements gathering abilities.
  • Experience in leading a full life cycle Workday implementations.
  • Working knowledge of data modeling design and relational database languages (SQL or SOQL).
  • Working Knowledge of Web Services (SOAP and REST).
  • Experience in defining test strategy, test plans, test cases, test execution, and defect reporting for Workday or any enterprise HR software applications.
  • Ability to effectively communicate status and risk to the team and manager
  • Experience working with Agile/Scrum methodology.
  • A related technical degree required.

Even Better If

Experience of working on Workday modules like HCM, Recruiting, Payroll, Benefits, Compensation, Time & Absence

Experience working on Workday Adaptive Planning is a plus

Familiarity with Annual Benefit Enrollment, Compensation Merit and Promotion cycles

Experience Troubleshooting with MuleSoft

Experience working in and around the software-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service architectures and/or industry

Unleash Your Potential

  • When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best
  • , and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best
  • .
  • Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love.
  • Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

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Pay and benefits

At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions. The typical base salary range for this position is $148,500 - $223,900 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $178,900 - $246,000 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.

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