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Workday Extend Developer

Okta · Posted Sep 11

Cloud-based identity and access management solutions for workforce and customer security

Bengaluru, IndiaFull-timeHybridLead/Staff8–10 years₹40.0L–₹60.0L yearly100+ applicants
Enterprise SoftwareCybersecurityIdentity ManagementCloud ComputingPublic Company
Full time

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About the role

Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era, and is seeking a Staff Analyst – People Technology to join its Business Solutions Team. In this critical role, you will partner closely with People Technology leadership and play a key role in Okta's Workday transformation efforts. As part of a cross-functional team, you will collaborate with stakeholders across People, Payroll, IT, Finance, and international offices to optimize and scale HR systems and processes.

What you will do

  • Own the end-to-end architecture and technical design of Workday Extend applications, integrations, and supporting technology solutions.
  • Define scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable application architecture, integration architecture, data flows, API strategies, and technical standards.
  • Architect and lead the development of complex Workday Extend applications using TypeScript/JavaScript, Workday APIs, and Extend frameworks.
  • Architect enterprise Workday integrations using Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, RaaS, REST APIs, SOAP Web Services, and Workday Web Services.
  • Evaluate business requirements and determine the appropriate solution across Workday configuration, Extend, integrations, APIs, AI, cloud services, and third-party platforms.
  • Establish architectural patterns and reusable frameworks for Workday Extend applications and integrations to support scalability, extensibility, security, and long-term maintainability.
  • Provide technical leadership for the complete application lifecycle, including architecture, design, development, testing, deployment, release management, and production support.
  • Develop solutions that leverage AI and Generative AI to enable intelligent automation, enhanced user experiences, decision support, and innovative business capabilities within the Workday ecosystem.
  • Assess and utilize AWS cloud services where required to support application components, APIs, integrations, data processing, AI capabilities, and enterprise workloads.
  • Define and govern API, integration, security, authentication, authorization, error-handling, monitoring, logging, and performance strategies.
  • Partner with enterprise architects, business stakeholders, functional leads, security teams, cloud teams, and engineering teams to ensure solutions align with enterprise technology standards and business objectives.
  • Lead technical discovery, architecture workshops, proof-of-concepts, technology evaluations, and solution estimations for complex business initiatives.
  • Review and approve technical designs, application architecture, integration patterns, and development approaches to ensure adherence to architectural standards.
  • Identify technical risks, dependencies, scalability concerns, and opportunities for modernization, and define appropriate mitigation strategies.
  • Provide hands-on technical guidance when required while leading and mentoring senior developers and engineering teams.
  • Establish development and engineering best practices, including code quality, version control, CI/CD, testing, observability, documentation, and deployment standards.
  • Drive continuous improvement of the Workday technical landscape by evaluating new capabilities across Workday Extend, Workday Integration, Orchestrate, AI/GenAI, AWS, APIs, and emerging technologies.

Skills used in this role

Workday ExtendWorkday StudioWorkday IntegrationWorkday HCMWorkday Web ServicesEIBCore ConnectorsCloud ConnectRaaSOrchestrateTypeScriptJavaScriptREST APISOAP Web ServicesAWSAWS LambdaAPI GatewayAmazon S3AWS IAMCloudWatchEventBridgeAWS BedrockGenerative AILLMRAGVector DatabasesPrompt EngineeringCI/CDDevOpsGit

What the employer is looking for

  • 8 to 10 years of overall IT/software development experience.
  • 4+ years of hands-on Workday Extend experience.
  • Workday certification in Extend
  • Strong hands-on experience with Workday Integration Frameworks.
  • Strong experience with Workday Studio.
  • Experience with EIB, Core Connectors, Cloud Connect, and Workday Web Services.
  • Strong knowledge of Workday REST/SOAP APIs.
  • Experience with RaaS, Workday Reports, Calculated Fields, and Business Processes.
  • Strong understanding of Workday HCM architecture and Workday data model.
  • Experience designing and developing enterprise-grade integrations.
  • Working knowledge of AWS cloud services.
  • Exposure to AI/ML and Generative AI technologies.
  • Strong understanding of API-based and event-driven integration architectures.
  • Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred qualifications

  • Experience integrating LLM/GenAI APIs into enterprise applications.
  • Knowledge of AWS Bedrock or equivalent enterprise AI services.
  • Experience with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, EventBridge, or similar AWS services.
  • Understanding of RAG, embeddings, vector databases, prompt engineering, and AI agents.
  • Experience building AI-powered automation or employee-facing applications.
  • Exposure to CI/CD, DevOps, Git, automated testing, and cloud deployment practices.

Benefits and support

  • Supporting Your Well-Being
  • Driving Social Impact
  • Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community

About Okta

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Okta is a leading independent provider of cloud-based identity and access management solutions that securely connect people and technologies to the right applications. The company powers both Workforce Identity and Customer Identity platforms, allowing organizations to securely manage user access and navigate modern challenges like agentic AI security.

Industry
Enterprise Software
Company size
7500+ employees
Founded
2009
Location
San Francisco, California, USA
Funding stage
Public Company

Funding

Public Company · $228M raised

Sequoia CapitalAndreessen HorowitzGreylock PartnersKhosla VenturesAltimeter Capital
  • 2010-02-01Series A$10M
  • 2011-08-01Series B$16.5M
  • 2012-12-01Series C$25M
  • 2013-09-01Series D$27M
  • 2014-06-01Series E$75M
  • 2015-09-01Series F$75M
  • 2018-02-21Post IPO Debt$300M

Leadership

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Todd McKinnon

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

FK
Frederic Kerrest

Co-Founder and Executive Vice Chairman

SD
Shannon Duffy

Chief Marketing Officer

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Scott Morgan

Chief Legal Officer

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