engineering
Posted Apr 14Workday Engineer
at openai
San Francisco, United StatesRemote
Requirements
- You'll build reliable integrations, improve system architecture, automate complex workflows, and help connect Workday to internal tools, external platforms, and emerging AI-driven systems.
- We're looking for someone who can reason through ambiguous systems problems, write and debug technical solutions, work effectively in Git-based environments, and use modern developer workflows, including CLI-driven tooling, to build and operate with speed and discipline.
- In this role, you will - Design, build, and maintain Workday integrations, applications, and workflow automations across domains such as payroll, benefits, recruiting, performance, and case management - Improve the reliability, quality, and scalability of People systems through strong engineering, testing, and operational practices - Build technical solutions that connect Workday with internal platforms, external vendors, and AI-powered tooling - Contribute to more agentic internal workflows by helping
- experience in Workday engineering, integrations, platform automation, or adjacent systems engineering roles - Strong hands-on
- experience with Workday technologies such as EIB, Studio, Cloud Connect, Extend, reporting, calculated fields, security, and business process design - A track record of building technical solutions beyond administration or configuration alone, including automation, scripting, debugging, and systems design - Comfort working in Git-based environments with modern software development practices - Strong fluency with CLI-based workflows and developer tools -
- Experience designing and supporting production integrations with a high bar for reliability, security, and data quality - Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work through ambiguous technical and operational challenges - The ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical partners - Interest in agentic systems, AI-enabled internal tooling, or LLM-powered workflow design Nice to have -
- Experience integrating Workday with finance systems, identity systems, recruiting tools, case management platforms, or internal developer platforms -
- Experience with observability, alerting, and production support for business-critical workflows -
- Experience building internal tools or automation frameworks in high-growth environments - Familiarity with secure systems design and governance in environments handling sensitive employee data About OpenAI OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence
Additional details
- About the Team OpenAI's People team helps hire, develop, and support the people building safe and beneficial AGI.
- Within that team, People Systems builds the technical foundation that enables our HR, recruiting, payroll, benefits, and performance operations to scale with quality, speed, and rigor.
- We work at the intersection of HR systems, software engineering, and internal tooling.
- Our goal is not just to keep core systems running, but to build durable technical leverage for the company.
- About the Role We're hiring a Workday Engineer to help design, build, and operate the systems that power critical people workflows at OpenAI.
- This is a highly technical role for someone who combines strong Workday expertise with real engineering fluency.
- You should be comfortable going beyond configuration work.
- You'll partner closely with cross-functional teams across People, Finance, Security, and Engineering, including our People Innovations team, to build systems that are secure, scalable, and practical.
- Some work will involve improving mature production infrastructure; some will involve building entirely new workflows and capabilities from scratch.