Workday

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

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3 days ago
Pleasanton, CA, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$148k - $264k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Deploy, configure, and debug AI agents and integrations within live enterprise tenant environments.
  • Lead technical discovery sessions and translate customer requirements into product configurations, proofs of concept, and integration specifications.
  • Troubleshoot complex customer workflows, live data issues, and custom software integrations.
  • Capture field telemetry, edge-case failures, and customer friction to influence product roadmaps and engineering backlogs.
  • Convert recurring deployment challenges and custom fixes into standardized, automated product capabilities.
  • Collaborate with AI Deployment Architects, Product Managers, Workday Services leads, and Account Teams through kickoff-to-graduation engagement milestones.
  • Enable customer ownership within standard six-month deployment cycles.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Technical Consulting, or Software Development.
  • Hands-on coding and debugging skills using Python, Java, or similar languages.
  • Understanding of object-oriented design, system architecture, REST APIs, and integration patterns.
  • Experience working directly with enterprise clients on complex software deployments, live data troubleshooting, and custom workflow integration.
  • Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% to customer sites.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangement requiring at least 50% of each quarter in the office or in the field with customers, prospects, or partners.
  • Potential eligibility for the Workday Bonus Plan or role-specific commission/bonus and annual refresh stock grants.
  • Comprehensive benefits package.

Tech Stack

Categories

Forward Deployed
Workday

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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