Senior Workday Staff Engineer

Arrive, Bengaluru +3

The role

We are looking for a Senior Workday Staff Engineer to serve as Arrive's internal Workday authority. This is a hands-on technical configuration and solution architecture role — not product ownership or project management. The successful candidate will own best-practice standards across all Workday modules, drive cross-module impact analysis, and translate complex business outcomes into scalable, well-governed technical solutions. The role sits within IT & People Technology and works closely with People & Culture, Finance, and IT Security.

What you will do

Configuration & Architecture: Own end-to-end technical configuration across HCM, Compensation, Advanced Compensation (Merit/ACR cycles), Benefits, Performance & Talent, Security, and Advanced Reporting.
Integrations: Design, build, and maintain Workday integrations including EIBs, Workday Studio connectors, and middleware or API-based data flows. Monitor integration health across connected systems; triage errors, identify root causes, and engage the relevant business or technical owners for resolution.

What you need

Overall experience: 10+ years of hands-on Workday configuration, expertise in Advanced Compensation (Merit/ACR cycles), Complex Reporting, and Benefits. Strong working knowledge of Core HCM, Security, and integrations.
Workday HCM Expert: Deep hands-on configuration across Core HCM, Compensation, Advanced Compensation (Merit/ACR cycles including eligibility rules, merit matrices, compensation statements), Benefits, and Performance & Talent.
Security: Strong command of Workday Security — Domain/Business Process Security Policies, role-based access, constrained and unconstrained security groups.
Compliance: Exposure to SOX-aligned change management or ISO 27001 processes within a Workday environment.
Advanced Reporting: Expert-level proficiency in Report Writer, Calculated Fields, Matrix/Composite Reports, dashboards, and BIRT. Ability to independently build and own a trusted reporting suite for People & Culture.
Integrations: Proven experience designing and maintaining Workday integrations — EIBs, Workday Studio, REST/SOAP APIs. Ability to triage integration failures independently and own resolution end-to-end.
Impact Analysis: Demonstrated ability to conduct cross-module impact assessment and own configuration governance end-to-end.
Certification: Workday Pro Certification in one or more modules (HCM, Compensation, Benefits, or equivalent). Desirable Experience:
Exposure to adjacent platforms: ServiceNow (onboarding/ticketing), Okta (IAM/SSO), or Asana (project/onboarding tracking).
Background in global/multi-region Workday environments (EMEA, APAC) with GDPR and compliance awareness. Qualifications & Certifications While we value hands-on experience above all, the following are highly regarded

Education: Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, HR Technology, or equivalent industry experience. Key Competencies

Who are you?

Strategic Thinker: You don't just fix the configuration; you fix the process and the governance around it.
Articulate Communicator: Ability to explain the "why" behind configuration decisions and technical constraints to non-technical People & Culture or business stakeholders.
Ownership Mentality: You take pride in owning the Workday domain and proactively identify risks, technical debt, and improvement opportunities before they become incidents.

Senior Workday Staff Engineer

The role

What you will do

Senior Workday Staff Engineer

The role

What you will do

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