Senior Workday Staff Engineer

Role Overview We are looking for a Senior Workday Staff Engineer to serve as Arrive's internal Workday authority. This is a hands-on technical configuration and solution architecture role not product ownership or project management. The successful candidate will own best-practice standards across all Workday modules, drive cross-module impact analysis, and translate complex business outcomes into scalable, well-governed technical solutions. The role sits within IT & People Technology and works closely with People & Culture, Finance, and IT Security.

Key Responsibilities

Configuration & Architecture: Own end-to-end technical configuration across HCM, Compensation, Advanced Compensation (Merit/ACR cycles), Benefits, Performance & Talent, Security, and Advanced Reporting.

Integrations: Design, build, and maintain Workday integrations including EIBs, Workday Studio connectors, and middleware or API-based data flows. Monitor integration health across connected systems; triage errors, identify root causes, and engage the relevant business or technical owners for resolution.

Solution Architecture: Act as internal Solution Architect assessing downstream impact across all modules before any change is approved and deployed. Produce solution design documents, configuration rationale, and impact assessments for significant changes or new capability builds.

Best Practice Ownership: Define and maintain Arrive's internal configuration guidelines for each Workday module, and apply Workday external best practices to resolve issues.

Stakeholder Engagement & Business Translation: Translate business outcomes and people strategy goals into structured requirements, then into robust Workday configuration and solution designs. Partner closely with IT, People & Culture, Finance, and Security operating as a trusted technical peer, not a vendor. Contribute to Arrive’s Workday product roadmap: surfacing relevant Workday enhancements, advising on what to prioritise and when, and ensuring new capability is shaped around people and business need rather than technical preference.

Release & Change Management: Lead biannual release assessments, own change control processes, and ensure no configuration ships without appropriate impact analysis, testing, and sign-off.

Candidate Profile:

Skills & Experience Required Experience:

Overall experience: 10+ years of hands-on Workday configuration. Non-negotiable expertise in Advanced Compensation (Merit/ACR cycles), Complex Reporting, and Benefits. Strong working knowledge of Core HCM, Security, and integrations.

Workday HCM Expert: Deep hands-on configuration across Core HCM, Compensation, Advanced Compensation (Merit/ACR cycles including eligibility rules, merit matrices, compensation statements), Benefits, and Performance & Talent.

Security: Strong command of Workday Security — Domain/Business Process Security Policies, role-based access, constrained and unconstrained security groups.

Advanced Reporting: Expert-level proficiency in Report Writer, Calculated Fields, Matrix/Composite Reports, dashboards, and BIRT. Ability to independently build and own a trusted reporting suite for People & Culture.