Staff Workday Integration Engineer, Tech Foundations

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to conne...

The Talent Systems team within BizTech is the trusted technology partner to Employee Experience, Recruiting, Payroll, Procurement, Legal, and Privacy teams across Airbnb’s global operations. Driven by the philosophy of “High Tech, Human Touch,” we design and implement technology that meets both business objectives a...

We own and operate a portfolio of 300+ production integrations and custom applications spanning payroll processors, benefits carriers, identity providers, compliance vendors, and internal platforms, with Workday at the center. We are also building the agentic layer on top of that portfolio: an Airbnb-owned Workday M...

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
9+ years of experience in enterprise technology, software development, or systems integration, with at least 5–6 years of hands-on Workday integration development covering the full lifecycle: requirements, design, build, testing, go-live, and post-production support
Workday Integration Proficiency (personally written code required):
Workday Studio: complex multi-step integrations, sub-integrations, custom error handling and fault frameworks, XSLT transformations
Core Connectors and EIBs: worker data, business process events, payroll and benefits outbound connectors; clear judgment on EIB use cases and limitations versus Studio; Document Transform payload mapping
Payroll interfaces: PECI and PICOF, and their interaction with third-party payroll providers
RaaS (Report-as-a-Service): advanced report design, calculated fields, and API endpoint exposure
Workday Web Services (WWS): WSDL reading, SOAP/REST calls, versioning, and error response handling
Workday-Native & Functional Fluency:
Expert proficiency in XSLT, XML, and JSON; comfortable with Java sufficient for Workday Studio custom steps
Working knowledge of the Business Process Framework and how events trigger integration flows
Familiarity with Workday functional configuration across HCM, Benefits, Payroll, Security, and Time & Absence, sufficient to independently diagnose upstream data and process issues (deep functional configuration expertise is not required)
Foundational understanding of HR and payroll processes and how they generate the data that integrations carry
Modern Engineering & AI:
REST API design and OAuth 2.0, including user-context (authorization code) flows and token lifecycle handling
Experience building or integrating LLM-based tools, AI agents, or MCP servers with enterprise business systems, including permission-safe access patterns and human-in-the-loop controls
Experience integrating Workday with middleware or iPaaS platforms (MuleSoft, Boomi, Workato) and the judgment to know when middleware fits versus Workday-native integration
Git-based version control and structured deployment and change management practices
Security, Compliance & Engineering Practices:
Strong knowledge of data security for HR data: OAuth 2.0, SAML, secure file transfer (PGP, SFTP), PII handling, and audit requirements
Proven experience managing integrations across Workday’s semi-annual release cycle, including impact assessment and sandbox testing
Demonstrated record as a technical leader who has shaped architecture decisions and raised engineering quality across a team
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; able to write clear design documents and runbooks, and present technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders
Ability to operate effectively in unstructured, fast-moving environments and drive toward outcomes under ambiguity
Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment
Workday Pro Certification in Integrations (highly valued)
Hands-on experience with Workday Extend (data models, UI pages, Extend REST APIs, orchestrations); accelerates ramp into Extend build work
Workday Pro Certification in Extend
Hands-on experience with Workday Orchestrate
Proficiency in TypeScript/Node and Python for services, tooling, and test harnesses outside the Workday tenant
Familiarity with Workday’s native agentic capabilities (Agent Ready Tools, MCP Explorer, Workday Agents) and their trade-offs versus custom MCP tooling
Experience shipping LLM plugins or agents to an enterprise employee population, including evaluation and quality review
Experience supporting global, multi-country HR technology environments
Knowledge of GDPR, India DPDP, SOC 2, or SOX requirements in the context of HR data flows
SQL and data-warehouse fluency for reconciliation, analytics, and People Analytics partnership