Senior Software Engineer – Workday Compensation

About this role:

The Enterprise Functions Technology (EFT) group provides technology solutions and support for Risk, Audit, Finance, Marketing, Human Resources, Corporate Properties, and Stakeholder Relations business lines. In addition, EFT provides unique technology solutions and innovation for Wells Fargo Technology, Enterprise Shared Services, and Enterprise Data Management. This combined portfolio of applications and tools are continually engineered to meet the challenges of stability, security, scalability, and speed.

The Human Resources Information Technology (HRIT) team provides technology support for team member focused applications and processes, including payroll, benefits, learning and recruiting. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to support Workday Engineering functions for our Compensation product team. This team supports configuration engineering, integration engineering, and Extend engineering on Workday.

This engineer will work on critical US and global Compensation projects that deliver incremental changes to product working in an Agile environment.

In this role, you will

• Lead moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within technical domain environments
• Support the planning and sizing of development items for sprint planning
• Contribute to large scale planning of strategies
• Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs associated with technology domain, including upgrades and deployments
• Develop, configure, and maintain integrations for assigned product(s) in Workday
• Review moderately complex technical challenges that require an in-depth evaluation of technologies and procedures
• Resolve moderately complex issues and lead a team to meet existing client needs or potential new clients needs while leveraging solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, or compliance requirements
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and mid-level managers to resolve technical challenges and achieve goals
• Lead projects and act as an escalation point, provide guidance and direction to less experienced staff
• Required

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 2+ years of HR systems experience (e.g. PeopleSoft, Oracle, SAP or Workday)
• 2+ years of business systems analysis or design experience
• 2+ years of technology release or implementation experience
• 1+ years of Workday development experience, including integrations - EIB's, Core Connectors, Studio, Reporting - Report Writer, Advanced Reporting
• Desired

Qualifications

• Workday or other HR systems Compensation experience
• Experience with SAS or SQL, or other data management, reporting and query tools
• Experience/Knowledge in Adaptive Workforce Planning, Modeling, Sheets, Reports and Dashboards
• Knowledge of Adaptive security, permission sets, user groups, access rules
• Experience in setting up integration between HCM and Adaptive, User sync and SSO
• Leadership skills including the ability to influence effectively in a matrix environment
• Knowledge and understanding of Agile
• Ability to take on a high level of responsibility, initiative, and accountability
• Ability to shift priorities as work-flow/volume dictates
• Excellent communication skills and ability to articulate complex material to a diverse audience
• Wells Fargo software engineering experience
• A BS/BA degree or higher in information technology
• Workday Extend development experience
• Job Expectations:
• Position must be located in a listed location on the Job requisition
• Minimum 3 days/week in office requirement
• Pay Range
• Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.
• $110,000.00 - $179,000.00

Benefits

Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.

Health benefits

401(k) Plan

Paid time off

Disability benefits

Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance

Parental leave

Critical caregiving leave

Discounts and savings

Commuter benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Scholarships for dependent children

Adoption reimbursement

Posting End Date:

21 Aug 2026

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company.

They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions.

There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

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Requirements

• a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.
• b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.