Job Description : Lead – Workday Development Job Description Summary We are looking for a Lead – Workday Development to play a hands-on technical leadership role in enhancing and evolving AT&T’s established Workday HCM platform. The platform has been in production for the past three years and supports critical HR integrations, workflows, applications, reporting, and automation capabilities across AT&T’s HR ecosystem. This role combines Individual Contributor and Technical Lead responsibilities. The Lead will actively architect, design, and develop complex Workday solutions while providing technical direction and guidance to the broader development team. The role will be responsible for solution architecture, hands-on development, resolving technical blockers, establishing engineering best practices, conducting design and code reviews, mentoring developers, and driving continuous improvement across the Workday platform. The ideal candidate is a strong Workday technologist who can operate at both the architecture and implementation levels, taking ownership of complex technical problems from solution design through production implementation and support. Key Roles and Responsibilities Serve as a hands-on Workday developer and Technical Lead, contributing directly to complex development while providing technical direction and guidance to the team. Architect and design end-to-end Workday solutions, translating complex business requirements into scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable technical designs. Design, develop, test, deploy, and support Workday integrations, extensions, and automation solutions across multiple HCM domains. Develop complex solutions using Workday Studio, Workday Extend, Workday Orchestrator, EIB, RaaS, Custom Reports, Workday Web Services, and related technologies. Design and develop API and Web Service-based integrations between Workday and enterprise platforms including Payroll, Recruiting, Benefits, and other internal and external systems. Take direct ownership of complex and critical development activities requiring deep technical expertise and hands-on troubleshooting. Unblock development teams by resolving complex technical challenges, evaluating solution alternatives, and providing clear technical direction. Establish and promote engineering standards, reusable integration patterns, coding standards, design principles, and development best practices. Conduct solution design reviews, code reviews, and technical walkthroughs to ensure consistency, scalability, security, performance, and maintainability. Identify opportunities to modernize and simplify existing Workday solutions, reduce technical debt, improve performance, and increase automation. Troubleshoot complex production issues, lead root cause analysis, and implement permanent solutions to improve platform stability and reliability. Define and improve practices around monitoring, error handling, observability, performance optimization, resiliency, and operational support. Partner with functional teams, business analysts, product owners, architects, security teams, and external vendors to deliver end-to-end solutions aligned with business and enterprise architecture requirements. Lead technical activities associated with Workday releases, including impact analysis, regression planning, evaluation of new capabilities, and adoption of relevant platform features. Mentor developers through hands-on guidance, technical coaching, design discussions, code reviews, and knowledge sharing. Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for automation, reusable components, standardization, and improved developer productivity. Provide technical leadership across initiatives while remaining directly accountable for development deliverables as an Individual Contributor. Key Competencies and Skills 12+ years of overall technology experience, with a minimum of 8+ years of relevant hands-on experience in Workday HCM development, integrations, automation, and solution architecture. Strong experience serving as a Technical Lead while continuing to contribute as a hands-on Individual Contributor. Proven ability to architect, design, and develop complex enterprise Workday solutions. Deep hands-on expertise with Workday Studio, EIB, RaaS, Workday Web Services, XSLT/XPath, Workday Orchestrator, and Workday Extend. Strong experience developing REST/SOAP APIs and Web Service-based integrations using JSON, XML, and related integration technologies. Strong understanding of Workday Security, Business Process Framework, Custom Reports, and Calculated Fields. Experience across multiple Workday domains such as Core HCM, US Payroll, Advanced Compensation, Recruiting, Benefits, and Talent. Strong understanding of enterprise integration architecture, API patterns, security, scalability, resiliency, and performance. Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical and cross-system issues. Experience defining and implementing technical standards, reusable frameworks, design patterns, and development best practices. Ability to evaluate multiple technical approaches and make sound design decisions balancing business requirements, scalability, maintainability, security, performance, and delivery timelines. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to independently drive complex technical issues to resolution. Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate and document technical designs and decisions. Ability to mentor and influence developers and drive technical decisions without direct reporting authority. Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across global engineering, functional, business, and vendor teams. Education & Experience Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience. Experience: 12+ years of overall technology experience, including 8+ years of relevant Workday HCM development, integration, automation, and solution architecture experience. Technical Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading solution architecture and design, complex development, technical reviews, troubleshooting, mentoring, and establishing engineering best practices. Role Model:Hands-on Individual Contributor and Technical Lead, responsible for both direct technical delivery and providing technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship across the development team. Work Environment Flexible hybrid work model with collaboration across global technology and business teams. Expected to work in the 1 PM – 10 PM IST shift to maintain effective overlap with U.S. business and technology teams. Weekly Hours: 40 Time Type: Regular Location: IND:AP:Hyderabad / Argus Bldg 4f & 5f, Sattva, Knowledge City- Adm: Argus Building, Sattva, Knowledge City AT&T and its subsidiaries are committed to equal employment opportunity. All hiring, promotion, and other employment decisions remain merit-based and free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical disability, mental disability, pregnancy, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. AT&T is a fair chance employer and does not initiate a background check until an offer is made. Click here to learn more or request an application accommodation here. We are pioneers of making connections and have been ever since Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone and founded our company. That was nearly 150 years ago, and we haven’t stopped innovating since. At our core, we help bring families, communities, and businesses together with the products and services they need to thrive every day. From the widespread and growing availability of 5G and Fiber to working on things we once only dreamed of—at AT&T, we create connections that change the world.

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