Worldwide Grocery Stores Tech is seeking a Sr. Workday Application Architect to join our Workday Technology team.

The Workday Application Architect for Human Capital Management (HCM) is a technical leadership role responsible for designing, architecting, and delivering solutions across the Workday HCM platform. This position serves as the technical lead for managing solution design and delivery for HR applications, with primary focus on Workday HCM modules including Human Resources, Recruiting, Talent Management, Benefits, Compensation, Performance Enablement, and Payroll.

Key job responsibilities

• Serve as technical lead for Workday HCM solution design and delivery across HR, Recruiting, Talent Management, Benefits, Compensation, and Payroll modules.
• Participate in architecture reviews to ensure optimized, high-quality systems and translate technology strategies into technical requirements.
• Understand High-Level Designs from Enterprise Solution Architects and collaborate with Product Owners and Business Systems Analysts to create/approve Low-Level Designs.
• Design and architect Workday integrations and configurations, ensuring solutions meet business needs effectively.
• Manage technical planning, development, and troubleshooting of integrations with third-party HR systems.
• Assist with effort estimation by assessing complexity, risk, and dependencies for HCM projects.
• Coordinate project design, support system configuration, and ensure proper transition handoff for new implementations.
• Provide expertise in evaluating HR applications portfolio and recommend technical releases supporting business needs.
• Analyze and recommend system enhancements to streamline HR and Payroll operations.
• Maintain knowledge of Security & Compliance Processes, Risk Management, SOX Controls, and data privacy requirements.
• Develop coding standards and technical documentation including design specifications and process flows.

A day in the life
You architect HR transformation solutions, designing integrations between Workday HCM and third-party systems for recruiting, benefits, and payroll. You lead design sessions translating business requirements into technical solutions, create Low-Level Designs for talent management enhancements, and develop automation for employee lifecycle processes. Your work includes building compensation workflows, architecting data flows for open enrollment, and designing self-service capabilities that empower employees and managers. You monitor system integrations, troubleshoot issues with benefits vendors, mentor junior engineers on best practices, and ensure SOX compliance. Key stakeholders include Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Payroll, and Benefits teams.

About the team
Join the Workday Technology team driving HR technology transformation at Amazon Worldwide Grocery supporting Whole Foods Market. Our mission is to deliver technical solutions that optimize HR operations across recruiting, benefits, payroll, and talent management for a workforce spanning 600+ locations. We operate in an Agile environment, collaborating closely with HR Business Partners, Product Owners, and Developers. Our culture values technical excellence, continuous learning, and knowledge sharing. Team members hold multiple Workday certifications and actively mentor each other on best practices. We balance strategic architecture work with hands-on development, ensuring solutions meet both business needs and enterprise standards.

Basic qualifications

• 5+ years of developing end-to-end analytics solutions, including system configuration, model building, data security, and reporting experience
• Experience identifying and resolving complex issues
• Experience with architecture or system engineering
• Knowledge of software engineering best practices across the development life cycle, including agile methodologies, coding standards, code reviews, source management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Experience with Workday Human Capital Management (HCM)

Preferred qualifications

• Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers, or experience debugging, profiling, and implementing best software engineering practices in large-scale systems
• Experience analyzing and troubleshooting RESTful web API calls, or experience operating highly available, distributed systems of data extraction, ingestion, and processing of large data sets
• Knowledge of industry standard test automation tools and experience developing product test frameworks
• Experience using data, reporting, or tools to measure performance and make adjustments accordingly
• Experience with SQL and an RDBMS (e.g., Oracle) or Data Warehouse
• 5 years of experience in HR business/systems analysis role, solutions architect, or related experience.
• Global/Enterprise HR platform implementation experience.
• Workday Certifications(one or more): HCM (Core Human Resources), Benefits, Recruiting, Advanced Compensation, Performance Management, Security, Payroll, Integrations, Reporting, Extend, PRISM.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, TX, AUSTIN - 135,500.00 - 183,300.00 USD annually