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Sr. HRIS Architect (Workday) - REMOTE

First American
Santa Ana, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 16 Jul 2026
💰 $162,875/yr($97,725/yr – $162,875/yr)

About the role

Who We Are

Join a team that puts its People First! Since 1889, First American (NYSE: FAF) has held an unwavering belief in its people. They are passionate about what they do, and we are equally passionate about fostering an environment where all feel welcome, supported, and empowered to be innovative and reach their full potential. Our inclusive, people-first culture has earned our company numerous accolades, including being named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for eleven consecutive years. We have also earned awards as a best place to work for women, diversity and LGBTQ+ employees, and have been included on more than 50 regional best places to work lists. First American will always strive to be a great place to work, for all. For more information, please visit www.careers.firstam.com.

What We Do

Job Description

Designs, develops, and implements enterprise HR technology solutions within the Workday ecosystem while serving as a trusted technical advisor to business and technology partners on integrations, automation, and platform capabilities.

The role is responsible for Workday technical administration, Workday Extend application development, Integrations, Reporting, and automation, including Cloud Connect, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Workday Studio, Workday Orchestrate, and managing workday AI agents via ASOR.

This position requires a modern developer mindset with strong AI literacy, enabling the evaluation and implementation of intelligent automation and AI-powered solutions. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with a user-first mindset, creating Workday Extend applications that are intuitive, visually polished, and thoughtfully designed to drive adoption and improve business outcomes.

The successful candidate will stay current with the Workday Developer Site, emerging platform capabilities, AI innovations, and developer best practices to continuously improve business solutions and user experiences.

Essential Functions

  • Design, implement, support, and continuously improve the global Workday platform from a technical and integration perspective, proactively identifying opportunities to enhance automation, reliability, and user experience.

  • Design, develop, test, and maintain custom integrations using Workday Web Services, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Workday Studio, and Cloud Connect.

  • Design, develop, and maintain enterprise applications using Workday Extend.

  • Build and maintain Workday Orchestrations to automate complex business processes across Workday and external systems.

  • Configure, register, manage, and govern Workday AI Agents using Agent System of Record (ASOR) while ensuring appropriate security and lifecycle management.

  • Reimagine HR business processes by identifying opportunities to eliminate manual work through AI, orchestration, intelligent automation and digital agents - evolving the experience and driving efficiencies.

  • Maintain Workday Security and related technical documentation for global use.

  • Prepare migration packages and deployments for Sandbox, Preview, and Production environments.

  • Develop complex reports using the Workday Reporting Platform, Workday Prism, Report Designer, and Calculated Fields.

  • Write high-quality, scalable, maintainable, and well-documented code following established development standards.

  • Test, debug, troubleshoot, and optimize applications, integrations, and technical solutions.

  • Schedule integrations and reports, configure monitoring, and establish automated notifications for failures and operational events.

  • Demonstrate AI literacy by identifying opportunities to responsibly leverage AI technologies to improve business outcomes and developer productivity.

  • Utilize the Workday Developer Site to stay current on APIs, SDKs, developer tools, sample applications, release features, and implementation best practices.

  • Evaluate emerging Workday platform capabilities and recommend technical improvements and innovative solutions.

  • Collaborate closely with HR, Payroll,  IT, and other business stakeholders to translate business requirements into elegant technical solutions.

  • Actively contribute to the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of technical documentation, knowledge bases, and FAQ repositories.

  • Stay current with new Workday releases, AI innovations, Extend capabilities, Orchestrate enhancements, and industry best practices.

Knowledge and Skills / Technology Used

  • Proven expertise with Workday Integration technologies.

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