Lead Workday Extend Architect
Location: Remote (U.S.-based; East Coast preferred)
Our client is seeking a Lead Workday Extend Architect to serve as the primary authority and technical owner of Workday Extend, filling a critical gap in their current engineering team.
This is not a standard development role. This position requires a hands-on architect who can independently design, build, and scale complex Workday Extend solutions within a highly integrated enterprise environment. The successful candidate will play a key role in stabilizing and evolving a recently implemented Workday platform while contributing to broader architectural transformation initiatives. The Opportunity
You will join a dedicated engineering function responsible for the most technical areas of the Workday ecosystem, including Extend, integrations, and advanced platform capabilities. The environment includes 250+ integrations and is actively evolving, with significant architectural changes planned across systems, data, and platform strategy.
This role is being hired with urgency to establish in-house Extend expertise, as this capability does not currently exist within the team. What You’ll Be Responsible For
Location: Remote (U.S.-based; East Coast preferred)
Our client is seeking a Lead Workday Extend Architect to serve as the primary authority and technical owner of Workday Extend, filling a critical gap in their current engineering team.
This is not a standard development role. This position requires a hands-on architect who can independently design, build, and scale complex Workday Extend solutions within a highly integrated enterprise environment. The successful candidate will play a key role in stabilizing and evolving a recently implemented Workday platform while contributing to broader architectural transformation initiatives. The Opportunity
You will join a dedicated engineering function responsible for the most technical areas of the Workday ecosystem, including Extend, integrations, and advanced platform capabilities. The environment includes 250+ integrations and is actively evolving, with significant architectural changes planned across systems, data, and platform strategy.
This role is being hired with urgency to establish in-house Extend expertise, as this capability does not currently exist within the team. What You’ll Be Responsible For
- Act as the enterprise lead for Workday Extend, owning architecture, development standards, and governance
- Design and deliver end-to-end Extend applications from concept through production support
- Architect scalable, secure solutions using Workday APIs, events, and orchestration frameworks
- Operate as a true solution architect, capable of designing systems independently without oversight
- Partner with integration, security, and functional teams to align solutions with enterprise standards
- Establish and enforce SDLC, testing, and release management practices across Workday tenants
- Provide technical leadership through design reviews, mentoring, and hands-on development
- Contribute to broader platform evolution, including integration strategy and system architecture changes
- Proven experience architecting and delivering Workday Extend solutions in production
- Deep hands-on expertise in:
- Workday Extend (UI frameworks, Orchestrations, data services)
- Workday APIs and integrations
- Event-driven architecture
- Strong understanding of:
- Workday security model
- Business process framework
- Tenant strategy and data governance
- Experience operating in complex, highly integrated environments (large-scale integrations, enterprise systems)
- Ability to clearly determine when to extend Workday vs. leverage native functionality
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
- 8–10+ years of experience in enterprise application development or Workday technical roles
- Workday Extend certification (or ability to obtain)
- Own and define the Workday Extend capability within the organization
- Work in a highly technical engineering team responsible for core platform components
- Be part of a major enterprise transformation initiative
- Opportunity to influence future-state architecture and platform strategy