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Lead Workday Integration Engineer

Fidelity

Fidelity

Durham, NC, USA
Posted on Feb 9, 2026
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Job Description:

Lead Workday Integration Engineer

The Role

The Corporate Services Organization in Fidelity is seeking an experienced Principal Software Engineer - Workday Integration. The primary responsibility for this role is to design, build, and maintain support integrations for Workday, ensuring reliable, secure, and performant data flows between Workday and internal/external systems and also has ability to build and support Workday Extend applications.

The Skills and Expertise You Bring:

  • Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related quantitative field.
  • 8+ years of software development experience overall, with at least 5+ years of hands-on experience developing Workday integrations using Workday Integration Studio.
  • Demonstrated experience with Workday Extend (formerly Workday Cloud Platform) development.
  • Experience building and troubleshooting Workday Orchestrations, EIBs, Studio integrations, and related transformation logic.
  • Strong knowledge of integration patterns and technologies: SOAP/REST APIs, XML/XSLT, JSON, SFTP, FTP, and file-based integrations.
  • Practical experience with authentication and security for integrations (OAuth, OAuth2, WS-Security, certificates).
  • Familiarity with enterprise CI/CD tooling and processes; experience automating deployment of integration artifacts is a plus.
  • Strong debugging, monitoring, and incident response skills for integrations in production environments.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to work with stakeholders across HR, IT, and product teams.
  • Experience mentoring and leading engineers, participating in architectural discussions, and influencing technical direction.
  • Proven experience serving as a technical lead or senior technical contributor on integration initiatives.
  • Design, develop, and maintain Workday integrations using Workday Integration Studio and related Workday integration technologies.
  • Build and support Workday Extend applications and custom logic where needed.
  • Author, maintain, and troubleshoot Workday Orchestrations, EIBs, Studio Integrations, and custom connectors.
  • Ensure integration solutions meet performance, security, and scalability requirements.
  • Collaborate with product owners, architects, and cross-functional partners to deliver integration requirements.
  • Participate in code and configuration reviews, drive best practices for Workday integration development, and mentor junior engineers.
  • Implement and maintain CI/CD and deployment automation for integration artifacts when applicable.
  • Investigate and resolve production incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and create corrective action plans.
  • Create and maintain technical documentation, and unit test plans for integrations and orchestrations.
  • Lead technical direction for Workday integrations as a tech lead: define integration architecture, set coding and configuration standards, and own integration roadmap and delivery plans.
  • Drive cross-team integration projects and act as primary technical liaison with Workday Platform, HR Business, and external vendor teams.
  • Coach and mentor engineers, run technical design reviews, and help scale team practices around testing, monitoring, and observability for integrations.

Bonus Qualifications:

  • Workday Pro Integrations Certification
  • Workday Pro – Workday Extend Certification
  • Experience with Workday HCM functional concepts and HR data model.
  • Experience with AWS, containers, and Kubernetes is a plus.
  • Exposure to identity management, SSO, and downstream HR system integrations.
  • Experience with Java or similar languages used to build middleware/connectors.
  • Prior experience working in Agile teams and delivering incremental integration solutions.
  • Prior experience acting as a tech lead or principal engineer for Workday integrations or enterprise integration platforms.

The Team

Join our Workday HCM Squad, a high-energy, globally distributed team within Corporate Services Technology. We design and deliver enterprise integrations, collaborate with HR and business partners to solve platform challenges, and build custom Workday Extend solutions that drive real business value. If you're ready to innovate and make an impact, we want to hear from you.

Certifications:

Category:

Information Technology

Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.

Company overview

At Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want! We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com. Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to complete the application or interview process.

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Join us

At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a Best Place to Work in 2026. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

Fidelity's working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations@fmr.com, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 3.

At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.

Benefits
Learning & development
Culture

Benefits that adapt to everything life sends your way

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

16-week maternity leave & 12-week parental leave

Student loan assistance

Fidelity is invested in you

Committed to Professional Development

At Fidelity, we are constantly adapting to the changing needs of our customers, new technologies, and better ways of working. And we empower our employees to do the same, with an emphasis on developing skills and connections that will help propel you forward in your career while being able to make an impact for Fidelity’s customers around the world.

We offer a wide range of options for professional development including online, in-person, and mentor driven solutions. Special interest and networking groups are also part of our culture of empowerment, personal and professional enrichment, diversity and inclusion, and knowledge sharing.

Continuing Education & Training

  • Assess, build, and align your development plan through resources like our skill-building classroom and online courses.
  • Video-based training for technology, leadership, management & more.
  • Ongoing skills development and coaching opportunities.
  • Paid training with a facilitator who is dedicated to your onboarding and will track and evaluate your progress, giving you strategies to improve.
  • A range of talent development programs to support career mobility.

Mentoring

  • Utilize the skills of experienced leaders to enrich your career.
  • Dedicated mentors to help you grow into new areas of Fidelity’s business as you develop new skills.
  • An open atmosphere of knowledge sharing and collaboration.
  • Opportunities to pay it forward, sharing the knowledge you develop and as you help others define how they want their career to take shape.

Our Commitment

Discover opportunities to build a fulfilling career within a supportive culture that celebrates individuality. We empower our associates to pursue career paths that align with their unique goals and personalities.

Giving back to our communities

Throughout Fidelity, you’ll find a genuine commitment to social responsibility – where we strive to make an impact for customers, while also making an impact on the world.

Fidelity Cares

  • Provides associates with opportunities to actively volunteer and share their talents.
  • Hosts numerous company-wide volunteer events (in-person and virtual).
  • Partners with nonprofit organizations to support our local communities.
  • More than 12,500 associates donate time annually – from interns to SVPs.
  • Impact includes refurbishing schools, donating books and supplies, and teaching financial literacy.

Fidelity Charitable®

  • Created to make it easy for people to support charitable organizations they care about.
  • Helped deliver $14.9billion in donor-recommended grants to charity in 2024.
  • Supported more than 433,000 unique charities around the world.
  • Since its inception, more than $100 billion has been given to public charities.

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