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Systems Engineering Sr. Associate

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Dallas, TXFull-timePosted 5 days agoStill listed 3 days ago

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Compensation
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Location
Dallas, TX
Schedule
Full-time
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Job overview

Salesforce seeks an experienced engineer to configure, develop, and test Workday HCM functionality and integrations in a hybrid role. The engineer will deliver enhancements to an existing implementation, collaborate with internal teams and business users, and contribute across the implementation lifecycle. The role also involves manual testing and building maintainable test automation, including with tools such as Kainos.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Workday HCMWorkday ArchitectureWorkday ConfigurationWorkday IntegrationsWorkday SecurityBusiness ProcessesWorkday ReportsCalculated FieldsWorkday StudioBIRTWorkday CommunityBusiness AnalysisRequirements GatheringWorkday Implementation LeadershipData ModelingSQLSOQLWeb ServicesSOAPRESTTest StrategyTest PlanningTest Case DesignTest ExecutionDefect ReportingCommunicationAgile/ScrumWorkday Adaptive PlanningAnnual Benefit EnrollmentCompensation CyclesMuleSoftSaaS/PaaS Architectures

Qualifications

Workday Pro Certification4+ Years Workday Implementation ExperienceRelated Technical Degree

Benefits

Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Parental Leave
401(k) Match

Full job description

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category Software Engineering Job Details

About Salesforce Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

The Experience We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Engineer with expertise in Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) to join our dynamic team. This is a hybrid role where one would spend time configuring, developing, and testing Workday functionalities and integrations. In addition to Workday expertise, the individual should have knowledge of manually testing and expertise to leverage automation tools like Kainos.

You must have a solid background in Workday with hands-on experience in one or more Workday HRMS modules and a good understanding of industry best practices. You will be responsible for configuration, development, and testing through all phases of the implementation lifecycle.

What You'll Actually Be Doing

  • Deliver Workday enhancements to support our existing Workday implementation, covering both functional and technical aspects.
  • Closely work with the internal Workday teams and business users to understand the business requirements, including working with 3rd party integrators.
  • Participate in product and feature design sessions with developers, designers, product managers, and business systems analysts.
  • Build test automation that is effective, scalable, and maintainable using tools such as Kainos.
  • Participate in and contribute to code reviews.
  • Diagnose, track and manage quality issues to resolution.
  • Ensure product quality meets stakeholder expectations and is responsible for creating test plans, test cases, test execution, and defect reporting.

You're Our Person If...

  • Workday certification in one or more areas - Workday Pro in function modules (HCM Core/Benefits/Compensation/Payroll/Time & Absence/Recruiting)
  • In-depth knowledge of Workday architecture, configuration, and integration.
  • 4+ years of implementation experience in Workday HRMS and Workday Integrations
  • Working knowledge of Workday Security, Business Processes, Reports, Calc Fields, Integrations framework, Studio and BIRT.
  • Well-versed with Workday Community and latest features/enhancements of Workday Releases.
  • Business analysis and requirements gathering abilities.
  • Experience in leading a full life cycle Workday implementations.
  • Working knowledge of data modeling design and relational database languages (SQL or SOQL).
  • Working Knowledge of Web Services (SOAP and REST).
  • Experience in defining test strategy, test plans, test cases, test execution, and defect reporting for Workday or any enterprise HR software applications.
  • Ability to effectively communicate status and risk to the team and manager
  • Experience working with Agile/Scrum methodology.
  • A related technical degree required

Even Better If...

  • Experience of working on Workday modules like HCM, Recruiting, Payroll, Benefits, Compensation, Time & Absence
  • Experience working on Workday Adaptive Planning is a plus
  • Familiarity with Annual Benefit Enrollment, Compensation Merit and Promotion cycles
  • Experience Troubleshooting with MuleSoft
  • Experience working in and around the software-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service architectures and/or industry

Unleash Your Potential When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

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In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,902 open Systems Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Texas median$133–224K/yr83 salary ranges
  • US median$32–46/hr137 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 158 open Systems Engineering jobs in Texas and 2,902 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience — less than three in four Systems Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 2,289 postings).
Education
970 of the 2,902 open Systems Engineering jobs (33%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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