Workday

Senior/Principal Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

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1 day ago
Pleasanton, CA, USASenior / Staff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$148k - $264k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Architect, deploy, configure, and debug AI agents and integrations in complex enterprise tenant environments.
  • Lead technical discovery with customer leaders and translate ambiguous requirements into configurations, proofs of concept, and integration specifications.
  • Analyze field telemetry, edge-case failures, and recurring customer friction to influence product roadmaps and engineering backlogs.
  • Convert custom engagement solutions into standardized, automated, out-of-the-box product capabilities.
  • Own strategically important customer engagements from kickoff through graduation within standard six-month deployment cycles.
  • Advise Workday Services leads, AI Deployment Architects, Account Teams, and customer executives, while mentoring other FDEs.

Requirements

  • Senior candidates must have 7+ years of experience in Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Technical Consulting, or Software Development.
  • Principal candidates must have 10+ years of experience in Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Technical Consulting, or Software Development.
  • Hands-on coding and debugging skills with knowledge of Python, Java or similar languages, REST APIs, object-oriented design, and integration patterns; Principal candidates additionally need knowledge of system architecture.
  • Knowledge of Workday business processes, security and permissions, tenant configuration, integrations, and customer implementation and governance.
  • Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% to customer sites.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangement with at least 50% of each quarter spent in the office or in the field with customers, prospects, and partners.
  • The role may be eligible for a Workday Bonus Plan or role-specific commission or bonus and annual refresh stock grants.
  • Workday offers comprehensive benefits and reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants.

Tech Stack

Categories

Forward Deployed
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About Workday

10,000+ employees

Workday builds cloud-based enterprise applications for human capital management and financial management, including payroll, time tracking, expenses, planning, and procurement, sold on a subscription basis with professional services. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Pleasanton, California, it is a public company traded on NASDAQ as WDAY. Organizations worldwide use Workday to unify HR and finance data, automate processes, and apply AI to workforce and financial operations.

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