Lead Applications Development - Lead – Workday HCM Development

Job Description : Lead – Workday Development

Job Description Summary

We are looking for a

Lead – Workday Development

to play a hands-on technical leadership role in enhancing and evolving AT&T’s established Workday HCM platform. The platform has been in production for the past three years and supports critical HR integrations, workflows, applications, reporting, and automation capabilities across AT&T’s HR ecosystem.

This role combines

Individual Contributor and Technical Lead responsibilities

. The Lead will actively architect, design, and develop complex Workday solutions while providing technical direction and guidance to the broader development team. The role will be responsible for

solution architecture, hands-on development, resolving technical blockers, establishing engineering best practices, conducting design and code reviews, mentoring developers, and driving continuous improvement

across the Workday platform.

The ideal candidate is a strong Workday technologist who can operate at both the

architecture and implementation levels

, taking ownership of complex technical problems from solution design through production implementation and support.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Serve as a

hands-on Workday developer and Technical Lead

, contributing directly to complex development while providing technical direction and guidance to the team.

Architect and design end-to-end Workday solutions

, translating complex business requirements into scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable technical designs.

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support

Workday integrations, extensions, and automation solutions

across multiple HCM domains.

• Develop complex solutions using

Workday Studio, Workday Extend, Workday Orchestrator, EIB, RaaS, Custom Reports, Workday Web Services, and related technologies

.

• Design and develop

API and Web Service-based integrations

between Workday and enterprise platforms including Payroll, Recruiting, Benefits, and other internal and external systems.

• Take direct ownership of

complex and critical development activities

requiring deep technical expertise and hands-on troubleshooting.

Unblock development teams

by resolving complex technical challenges, evaluating solution alternatives, and providing clear technical direction.

• Establish and promote

engineering standards, reusable integration patterns, coding standards, design principles, and development best practices

.

• Conduct

solution design reviews, code reviews, and technical walkthroughs

to ensure consistency, scalability, security, performance, and maintainability.

• Identify opportunities to

modernize and simplify existing Workday solutions

, reduce technical debt, improve performance, and increase automation.

• Troubleshoot complex production issues, lead

root cause analysis

, and implement permanent solutions to improve platform stability and reliability.

• Define and improve practices around

monitoring, error handling, observability, performance optimization, resiliency, and operational support

.

• Partner with functional teams, business analysts, product owners, architects, security teams, and external vendors to deliver end-to-end solutions aligned with business and enterprise architecture requirements.
• Lead technical activities associated with

Workday releases

, including impact analysis, regression planning, evaluation of new capabilities, and adoption of relevant platform features.

• Mentor developers through

hands-on guidance, technical coaching, design discussions, code reviews, and knowledge sharing

.

• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for

automation, reusable components, standardization, and improved developer productivity

.

• Provide technical leadership across initiatives while remaining

directly accountable for development deliverables as an Individual Contributor

.

Key Competencies and Skills

12+ years of overall technology experience

, with a minimum of

8+ years of relevant hands-on experience in Workday HCM development, integrations, automation, and solution architecture

.

• Strong experience serving as a

Technical Lead while continuing to contribute as a hands-on Individual Contributor

.

• Proven ability to architect, design, and develop complex

enterprise Workday solutions

.

• Deep hands-on expertise with

Workday Studio, EIB, RaaS, Workday Web Services, XSLT/XPath, Workday Orchestrator, and Workday Extend

.

• Strong experience developing

REST/SOAP APIs and Web Service-based integrations

using JSON, XML, and related integration technologies.

• Strong understanding of

Workday Security, Business Process Framework, Custom Reports, and Calculated Fields

.

• Experience across multiple Workday domains such as

Core HCM, US Payroll, Advanced Compensation, Recruiting, Benefits, and Talent

.

• Strong understanding of

enterprise integration architecture, API patterns, security, scalability, resiliency, and performance

.

• Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve

complex technical and cross-system issues

.

• Experience defining and implementing

technical standards, reusable frameworks, design patterns, and development best practices

.

• Ability to evaluate multiple technical approaches and make sound design decisions balancing

business requirements, scalability, maintainability, security, performance, and delivery timelines

.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to independently drive complex technical issues to resolution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate and document technical designs and decisions.
• Ability to mentor and influence developers and drive technical decisions

without direct reporting authority

.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across

global engineering, functional, business, and vendor teams

.  

 

Education & Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

• Experience:

12+ years of overall technology experience, including 8+ years of relevant Workday HCM development, integration, automation, and solution architecture experience.

• Technical Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading solution architecture and design, complex development, technical reviews, troubleshooting, mentoring, and establishing engineering best practices.

Role Model:Hands-on Individual Contributor and Technical Lead

, responsible for both direct technical delivery and providing technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship across the development team.

Work Environment

• Flexible hybrid work model with collaboration across global technology and business teams.
• Expected to work in the

1 PM – 10 PM IST shift

to maintain effective overlap with U.S. business and technology teams.

• Weekly Hours:

40

• Time Type:

Regular

• Location:

IND:AP:Hyderabad / Argus Bldg 4f & 5f, Sattva, Knowledge City- Adm: Argus Building, Sattva, Knowledge City
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