Senior Workday Integration Developer

What You'll Do We are looking for an experienced Senior Workday Integration & Extend Developer to design, build, and support scalable solutions across our Workday platform. You will focus on delivering integrations, developing Extend applications, and leveraging orchestration and automation to streamline business processes across the employee lifecycle. Avalara is scaling its global people technology and requires a reliable, secure, and automated Workday ecosystem to support growth, compliance, and employee experience. As part of this evolution, you will play a key part in embedding AI and automation into Workday operations - helping to improve speed, accuracy, and overall operational efficiency. You will partner with functional and technical teams to translate business needs into efficient, well-designed Workday solutions, while ensuring alignment with Workday security and governance standards. You will report to Director, People Technology. Location - India - Remote How This Role Elevates Avalara Improving operational reliability: Delivers stable, scalable integrations and applications that ensure critical HR, payroll, and financial data flows accurately and consistently across systems Supporting security and compliance standards: Builds solutions aligned with Workday security frameworks and governance practices to protect sensitive data and support audit readiness Driving efficiency through automation: Leverages orchestration, AI, and automation to reduce manual effort, improve data quality, and streamline business processes Enhancing employee and stakeholder experience: Enable seamless, data exchange and solutions that support employees, managers, and business partners What Your Responsibilities Will Be Design, build, and maintain end-to-end Workday integrations (e.g., Studio, EIB, RaaS, APIs, SFTP) aligned with business needs and strategic priorities. You will build and support Workday Extend applications to address business gaps, improve user experience, and reduce manual effort. You will develop and deploy Workday Orchestration solutions to automate and streamline cross-functional processes. You will ensure integrations and applications are scalable, reliable, and aligned to critical workflows (e.g., payroll, benefits, downstream systems). You will provide technical expertise and apply best practices for integration design, architecture, and Workday platform optimization You will monitor and resolve integration and security issues, minimizing business disruption and ensuring data integrity. You will partner with HR, IT, Finance, and external vendors to deliver integration aligned to business outcomes. You will apply understanding of Workday security (e.g., security groups, domains, business process security) to ensure solutions align with governance and data protection standards You will leverage AI and automation to improve integration monitoring, anomaly detection, testing, and documentation workflows. 12-Month Success Signals All critical Workday integrations operate with high reliability, minimal failures, and reduced manual intervention. Measurable reduction in integration-related incidents and resolution times. AI-driven automation is implemented in at least 2–3 key areas (e.g., monitoring, testing, or reporting), resulting in improved efficiency and accuracy. Workday Extend or automation solutions are delivered that improve employee or business workflows. Clear documentation and governance processes are established and consistently followed. What You'll Need to be Successful AI Expectations Apply AI tools to automate integration monitoring, error detection, and root cause analysis. Use AI to accelerate development (e.g., generating integration logic, test cases, or documentation). Leverage AI to identify anomalies in data flows, security access patterns, or audit logs. Quantify improvements such as reduced manual effort, faster resolution times, or improved data accuracy. Share AI best practices with the broader team to elevate overall capability. Qualifications B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field. 5+ years of relevant experience in Workday integration development. Experience building and maintaining Workday integrations (RaaS, EIB, Cloud Connect (PICOF, PECI, CCW, CCB) Workday Studio, Orchestrations, SFTP). Experience with JSON, XML, XSLT, and web service protocols (REST/SOAP). Experience with Workday business process framework and a understanding of Workday security (including configurable security). Experience building and supporting integrations across HR and enterprise platforms. #LI-Onsite Avalara is an AI-first Company AI is embedded in our workflows, decision-making, and products. Success here requires embracing AI as an essential capability. You’ll bring experience using AI and AI-related technologies, ready to thrive here. You’ll apply AI every day to business challenges - improving efficiency, contributing solutions, and driving results for your team, our company, and our customers. You’ll grow with AI by staying curious about new trends and best practices, and by sharing what you learn so others can benefit too. How We'll Take Care of You Total Rewards In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses. Health & Wellness Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance. Inclusive culture and diversity Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship. What You Need To Know About Avalara We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech. We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing over 54 billion customer API calls and over 6.6 million tax returns a year. Our growth is real - we're a billion dollar business - and we’re not slowing down until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world. We’re bright, innovative, and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too. We’re An Equal Opportunity Employer Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.