HRIS Software Engineering Lead

About the role

Our People Systems team is expanding beyond Workday configuration into custom application development. Over the past year, we've built a performance review app, req editing workflows, and severance automation tools, and more are in progress. We're looking for a senior engineer to lead the technical work on these products while staying hands-on as a contributor.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical lead on custom application development: architecture decisions, code reviews, and influencing how a team works
• Contribute hands-on development and delivery across the People Systems app suite
• Own Workday security role architecture and access governance (SOX-compliant)
• Build and maintain integrations between Workday and downstream systems, including our AI application layer and carrier feeds
• Manage Azure and application environments: test/prod, integration monitoring, release readiness
• Partner with People Ops business users to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Collaborate with IT Security on access governance and with Audit and Compliance on a quarterly basis

Requirements

Required Experience:

• Serving as technical lead on a software project: architecture decisions, code reviews, and influencing how a team works
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining software in production environments
• Proficiency in JavaScript or Python, with sufficient depth to contribute to and extend a production codebase
• Working knowledge of access governance or security role administration — RBAC, least-privilege principles, access certification
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity; this team is actively building its engineering practice

Preferred Experience:

• Workday experience — security roles, EIB, Studio, Extend, or Prism
• Experience building with LLM APIs or working on AI applications
• Sigma or Power BI experience
• XOX compliance experience

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment
• Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
• Discretionary paid time off
• Paid parental leave for all
• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Fitness Programs
• Emotional & Mental Wellness support
• Learning & Development programs
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Snacks in office

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a structured SDLC: version control, CI/CD, code review practices
• Experience with LLM APIs or AI applications
• Experience with Workday security roles, EIB, Studio, Extend, or Prism
• Experience with Sigma or Power BI
• Experience with XOX compliance

Skills

Required Skills:

• JavaScript or Python proficiency
• Access governance or security role administration expertise
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to operate with ambiguity

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Workday security roles, EIB, Studio, Extend, or Prism
• Experience with LLM APIs or AI applications
• Experience with Sigma or Power BI
• Experience with XOX compliance

Benefits

Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
Discretionary paid time off
Paid parental leave for all
Medical, Dental, Vision plans
Fitness Programs
Emotional & Mental Wellness support
Learning & Development programs
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
Snacks in office

Pay

Competitive salary and benefits package

Schedule

Hybrid schedule: in-office Tuesdays through Fridays, with flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation.