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Sr. Software Development Engineer

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In-Office
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND
Senior level
In-Office
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND
Senior level
The Sr. Software Development Engineer leads integration projects using Workday Studio, collaborating with various teams and ensuring high-quality software delivery.
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Your work days are brighter here.

We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

About the Team

Workday, founded in 2005, stands as a groundbreaking force in the human capital and financial management industry, with a global presence and a diverse array of customers. Across our offices worldwide, our teams are united by a shared dedication to innovation, collaboration, and excellence!
Joining our team means embarking on a journey of opportunity to advance your career and contribute to impactful solutions that shape industries. Whether you thrive with solving sophisticated business problems, collaborating with agile teams, or championing innovation and software design, Workday offers an environment where your talents can thrive.
The Financial Integrations team builds integrations that powers the data transfer between Workday and a variety of external providers. Every project you undertake with us contributes to Workday's outstanding culture, core values, and dedication to excellence. We're proud to have received numerous awards and accolades for our products, outstanding workplace culture, and commitment to sustainability. With your talent, we continue to lead the way in cloud technology and make a difference in the lives of our customers worldwide!

About the Role

As a senior engineer on the Financial Integrations team you will lead projects in building integrations using Workday Studio. You will collaborate with product managers, developers, automators and quality engineers. You will participate in team responsibilities like code reviews, build monitoring, production support and on-call rotations. 

About You

  • You have a strong software engineering background and a proven track record of delivering high quality products at scale into production.

  • You have a growth mindset with continuous innovation, and you value test automation and performance engineering

  • You are comfortable working alongside our product and architecture organizations to clarify and prune requirements, delivering value incrementally and frequently

  • You have the ability to balance priorities and make the right tradeoffs in feature content and timely delivery of features, while ensuring customer success and technology leadership for the company

  • You have the ability to convert a complex business problem into a solvable technical design using best practices.

  • Proficient in leading technical initiatives, designing complex systems, and ensuring the scalability and maintainability of software products

  • You have the mindset to step in and ask “what can I do to help?” to propel the team or technology forward without prompting.

  • You are proactive and able to deliver on initiatives that are crucial for team’s success

  • You demonstrate the interpersonal skills needed to positively influence important issues or decisions in a multi-functional environment

  • You have the ability to communicate technical complexity in simple terms to both technical and nontechnical audiences

  • You have an ownership mindset and take initiatives to continuously improve the system. 

Basic Qualifications:

  • 4+ years of experience with Workday Studio in building integrations with Workday

  • 8+ years of software development experience using object-oriented programming languages like Java and familiarity with design patterns

  • Proficiency in test automation, quality engineering

  • Strong experience in functional testing of complex systems, including edge cases and failure scenarios.

  • Proficiency with XML, XSLT, XPath, WSDL etc

  • Proficiency with API development using REST, SOAP

  • Experience supporting automated testing in continuous integration and delivery environments. (Jenkins, Bamboo, or similar).

  • Proficient with Git and collaborative development workflows.

  • Proficient with object data modeling and UML diagrams

  • Proficiency with performance measurement tools like Gatling 

  • Familiarity with security analysis like threat modeling etc … 

  • Proficient in writing technical design documents and collaborating within a software development team

  • Comfortable working on initiatives that involve collaborating with multiple teams. 

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Other Qualifications:

  • Experience working in an agile/scrum environment.

  • Experience with AI tools is a plus

  • Experience in ERP application development is a plus

  • Experience supporting team members career growth and development

Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!

Top Skills

APIs
Bamboo
Gatling
Git
Java
Jenkins
Rest
Soap
Uml
Workday Studio
Wsdl
XML
Xpath
Xslt

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