Senior Workday Engineer

About the role

This is a fully remote role. Candidates have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office). All CB employees are required to occasionally travel to meet in person for business purposes.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud-based integrations and platform solutions across ERP (Workday), LMS, and enterprise systems using AWS and modern integration patterns (APIs, event-driven architecture).
• Build high-quality, scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions using reusable, component-based design patterns that promote interoperability and code reuse.
• Embed observability into solutions through monitoring, logging, and alerting to enable proactive issue detection, rapid troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Understand new product capabilities and decompose the implementation into specific functional changes for verification.
• Build and deploy solutions using Agile, CI/CD, and DevOps practices, ensuring efficient and consistent delivery.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to team deliverables in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Conduct peer reviews of code and design artifacts, maintaining high engineering standards and promoting best practices.
• Aid in the resolution of production issues; adhere to development standards and security policies and procedures.
• Adopt the continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practice of rapidly implementing, testing, and delivering high-quality code based on the team’s DevOps model.
• Continuously develop the skills required to work as part of the Agile team in a poly-skilled development environment.

Requirements

• 4+ years of Workday integration experience (Studio and Eclipse).
• Advanced Workday knowledge in Financials, HCM, Reporting, Studio, Orchestrate, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), integration systems, Document Transformation, and security.
• Proven experience building and supporting API-based and file-based integrations with internal and external platforms, including external benefits providers.
• Experience designing and implementing cloud-based integrations and platform solutions across ERP (Workday), LMS, and enterprise systems using AWS and modern integration patterns (APIs, event-driven architecture).
• Experience embedding observability into solutions through monitoring, logging, and alerting to enable proactive issue detection, rapid troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Experience designing resilience — incorporating fault tolerance, error handling, and recovery processes to ensure reliable, highly available systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills, working collaboratively with team members to identify and resolve issues, and partnering with Product Owners to prioritize backlog.
• Proven ability to pitch new ideas and implement improved systems and processes, delivering excellent results.
• Effective communicator and team lead, able to provide actionable feedback, mentor team members, and participate in interviews to evaluate engineering talent.
• Experience adhering to enterprise security, compliance, and development standards, ensuring audit-ready and secure solutions.
• Comfort quickly building a deep understanding of Finance, HR, and LMS business processes in a poly-skilled Agile environment.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in the field of computer science or related field.
• Knowledge and use case experience with Workday Prism; professional Workday training and/or certifications.
• Experience with React, NodeJS, Java, and AWS services (Lambda, SNS/SQS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, RDS, DynamoDB, AWS CLI) in a cloud-based environment.

Qualifications

• A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work.
• Authorization to work in the United States for any employer.
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and comfort learning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively.
• A clear and concise communication skills.
• A learner's mindset and a commitment to growth: welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receiving timely, respectful feedback, and continuously improving through iterative learning and user input.
• A drive for impact and excellence: solving complex problems, making data-informed decisions, prioritizing what matters most, and continuously improving through learning, user input, and external benchmarking.
• A collaborative and empathetic approach: working across differences, fostering trust, and contributing to a culture of shared success.

Skills

• Workday integration experience (Studio and Eclipse).
• Advanced Workday knowledge in Financials, HCM, Reporting, Studio, Orchestrate, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), integration systems, Document Transformation, and security.
• Building and supporting API-based and file-based integrations with internal and external platforms, including external benefits providers.
• Designing and implementing cloud-based integrations and platform solutions across ERP (Workday), LMS, and enterprise systems using AWS and modern integration patterns (APIs, event-driven architecture).
• Embedding observability into solutions through monitoring, logging, and alerting to enable proactive issue detection, rapid troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Designing resilience — incorporating fault tolerance, error handling, and recovery processes to ensure reliable, highly available systems.
• Problem-solving skills, working collaboratively with team members to identify and resolve issues, and partnering with Product Owners to prioritize backlog.
• Pitching new ideas and implementing improved systems and processes, delivering excellent results.
• Effective communication and team lead skills, providing actionable feedback, mentoring team members, and participating in interviews to evaluate engineering talent.
• Adhering to enterprise security, compliance, and development standards, ensuring audit-ready and secure solutions.
• Quickly building a deep understanding of Finance, HR, and LMS business processes in a poly-skilled Agile environment.
• Knowledge and use case experience with Workday Prism; professional Workday training and/or certifications.
• Experience with React, NodeJS, Java, and AWS services (Lambda, SNS/SQS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, RDS, DynamoDB, AWS CLI) in a cloud-based environment.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

The hiring range for this role is $153,000 - $166,000. Your exact salary will depend on your location, experience, and how your background compares to others in similar roles at the College Board. We aim to make our best offer upfront—rooted in fairness, transparency, and market data. We adjust salaries by location to ensure fairness, no matter where you live.

Schedule

This is a full-time position.