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As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.\nAbout the Team\nYou'll join the APAC Payroll Country Factory Team, the group building new native Workday payrolls across the APAC and ASEAN region. We're using AI-driven tools and processes to dramatically increase both the number and speed of countries we can bring onto Workday payroll. It's a region with enormous growth, and this team is at the center of making that growth possible for our customers.About the Role\nAs a Senior Software Development Engineer on the Payroll Development team, you are a key component of the Global Payroll mission: the link between the engineers building new payroll capability and the professional services and solutions teams (both Workday and Partners) implementing it for customers in each country. Your work keeps those two sides aligned and engaged, so implementations land successfully and at high quality.\nYou'll also help shape the AI toolsets development and implementation teams rely on, feeding your field experience back in to make those tools faster and more accurate over time.\nIn this role, you will:\nAlign with implementation teams on customer projects to understand their technical environment, data, and country-specific requirements\nCollaborate on design, build, and deployment of production-grade software and integrations inside live customer and partner environments to support Partners and/or our CX team members for new payroll deployments in new regions, not demos or proofs of concept\nCollaborate on technical delivery end-to-end: discovery, scoping, architecture, implementation, testing, and rollout\nGuide integration of payroll systems with customer data sources, APIs, and identity/access systems\nHelp troubleshoot and resolve implementation and production issues in real time, often in undefined problem spaces\nTurn field learnings and recurring implementation needs into feedback that improves the core product and the AI toolset\nAct as a trusted technical partner for implementation teams' engineering and business stakeholders\nWork closely with product, engineering, and implementation partners across the region\nHelp train and enable the deployment toolset on new capabilities, workflows, and lessons learned from the field\nTrain Customer Experience team members in partnership with the Product Optimization and Acceleration (PAO) team on payroll functionality, deployment processes, and troubleshooting\nTrain Solution Consultants in partnership with the Product Optimization and Acceleration (PAO) team on payroll so they can scope, demo, and position deployment capabilities\nSupport the payroll country development team directly on product and engineering work between implementation engagements\nAbout You\nBasic Qualifications\n7+ years of software engineering experience building, shipping, and supporting production-grade code\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience\nExperience integrating software with external systems, APIs, and enterprise data sources\n3-5+ Years experience on Workday Payroll\nOther Qualifications\nComfortable writing production code in one or more languages (for example, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, or Java), with a track record of taking a project from problem to shipped solution\nFamiliarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and modern deployment practices such as CI/CD, containers, and infrastructure as code\nStrong communication skills, comfortable partnering directly with customer stakeholders, including people without a technical background\nAble to work independently in ambiguous, fast-changing environments\nExperience creating training content or enabling other teams, such as Customer Experience or Solution Consulting, on technical or payroll concepts\nWilling to travel or work on-site with customers as needed\nWorkday certifications required: Payroll\nOur Approach to Flexible Work\nWith Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote \"home office\" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.\nWorkday is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during our application process, in order to perform one or more essential functions of their job, as well as regarding the use of AI tools for employment decision-making to any degree. 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