Principal Integrations Developer, Workday HCM

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. At Snowflake, our People team is the backbone of an extraordinary employee experience. As a Principal Integrations Developer on the People Systems team, you'll design, build, and maintain the integrations that connect our people systems — ensuring seamless, secure, and scalable data flow across our global ecosystem as Snowflake continues to grow. This is a hybrid role based in our Dublin, CA or Menlo Park, CA offices with 3 days a week in-office attendance required. WHAT YOU'LL DO: - Design, build, test, and maintain Workday integrations using technologies such as Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, and Workday Web Services (SOAP/REST) - Partner with internal stakeholders and external vendors to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable integration solutions - Provide production support for integrations, including monitoring, troubleshooting failures, performing root cause analysis, and implementing fixes - Develop and maintain inbound and outbound integrations between Workday and third-party systems (e.g., payroll, benefits, finance, IT systems) - Design, build, and maintain integrations between Workday and our own instance of Snowflake to enable scalable people data pipelines, reporting, and advanced analytics - Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and security across integrations, adhering to governance, compliance, and privacy standards - Manage integration deployments across tenants and support Workday release cycles, including impact analysis and regression testing - Create and maintain technical documentation for integrations, data mappings, and processes - Continuously identify opportunities to improve integration performance, scalability, and reliability - Promote best practices in integration design, error handling, and monitoring to ensure system stability - Leverage AI tools to accelerate development, automate repetitive tasks, and enhance troubleshooting and documentation OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE: - 10+ years of hands-on Workday integration development experience in a global environment - Strong experience with Workday integration tools including Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, and Workday APIs (SOAP/REST), Workday Extend, Orchestrate - Proficiency in XML, XSLT, JSON, and web services technologies - Experience with integration middleware or iPaaS solutions (e.g., Boomi, MuleSoft) is a plus - Solid understanding of Workday data models, business objects, and security framework - Familiarity with HR processes, employee lifecycle data, and downstream system integrations - Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose complex integration issues - Experience with monitoring tools, logging frameworks, and integration error handling best practices - Curiosity and experience experimenting with and building solutions using AI tools such as Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, or Workday Agents - Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders - Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining high quality and attention to detail - Quick learner who thrives in a dynamic environment and enjoys building scalable, efficient solutions - Operate with a customer service mindset, ca