Lead Software Engineer - Workday Integrations & Security

Lead Software Engineer

The Lead Software Engineer provides technical leadership for the design, development, implementation, and support of enterprise software applications and technology solutions. This role is accountable for solution architecture, engineering quality, delivery execution, and mentoring engineering teams. The Lead Software Engineer partners with business, architecture, security, and product teams to deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable technology solutions aligned with enterprise objectives.

Essential Functions

Design, develop, test, and maintain software applications and services.

Create scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards.

Develop APIs, integrations, databases, and user-facing applications.

Write clean, maintainable, and reusable code following coding standards and best practices as well as develop these standards.

Write technical specifications for applications, systems and solutions.

Participate in solution design, technical reviews, and architecture discussions.

Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and project teams.

Lead technical design sessions and code reviews.

Recommend technologies, frameworks, and development approaches.

Support the establishment and enforcement of engineering standards and best practices.

Serve as technical lead for complex initiatives and strategic technology implementations.

Drive architecture decisions and ensure alignment with enterprise technology standards.

Establish and promote engineering best practices, coding standards, and design patterns.

Provide technical direction across multiple projects and development teams.

Lead resolution of complex technical challenges and production incidents.

Influence technology roadmaps and modernization efforts.

Coordinate engineering activities across teams to ensure successful delivery of large-scale initiatives.

Identify technical dependencies, risks, and mitigation strategies.

Ensure engineering deliverables meet quality, security, and operational requirements.

Define solution architectures that support scalability, resiliency, security, and maintainability.

Ensure solutions support cloud, API, data, and integration strategies.

Ensure appropriate testing strategies, automation, and quality engineering practices are implemented across solutions.

Troubleshoot application issues and perform root cause analysis.

Ensure service levels and operational support expectations are met.

Follow secure coding practices and enterprise security requirements.

Support audit, risk, and compliance activities as needed.

Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.

Promote DevSecOps and Site Reliability Engineering practices where applicable.

Additional Essential Functions

Ensure compliance with Northwest's policies and procedures, and Federal/State regulations.

Navigate Microsoft Office Software, computer applications, and software specific to the department in order to maximize technology tools and gain efficiency.

Work as part of a team.

Work with on-site equipment.

What You Bring to the Team

Participate in other projects on request.

Safety and Health for those without supervisory duties

Abiding by the rules of the safety and loss prevention program

Perform work tasks in a safe manner

Report any and all injuries to supervisor

Know what to do in case of an emergency

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Information Technology (Software Development track) or Engineering with a concentration in programming AND 10 years relevant work experience

Or Master's Degree Computer Science, Information Technology (Software Development track) or Engineering with a concentration in programming AND 8 years equivalent work experience

Or Work Experience 12 - 15 years Application support & maintenance, production support, application development, database administration, system administration, system engineering or equivalent experience using Microsoft technology stack (e.g., Windows,.NET, SQL Server) or equivalent technologies and toolset e.g., Java, JSON, Python, Oracle, MySQL, Linux, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

Strong experience with Workday Integrations, including Workday Studio, EIBs, Core Connectors, Web Services (REST/SOAP), and outbound/inbound integrations.

Hands-on experience with Workday Security Administration, including security roles, security groups, domains, subdomains, and Business Process Security Policies.

Ability to assess security impacts of integrations and ensure solutions align with governance, audit, and compliance requirements.

Experience supporting Segregation of Duties (SoD) reviews, access certifications, and internal/external audit activities.

Strong understanding of Workday architecture and the interaction between Workday Security, HCM, Financials, and Integrations.

Ability to troubleshoot complex integration and security issues and work cross-functionally with HR, Finance, Payroll, and Technology teams.

General Employee Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Ability to establish effective working relationships among team members and participate in solving problems and making decisions

Ability to present and express ideas and information clearly and concisely in a manner appropriate to the audience, whether oral or written

Ability to actively listen to what others are saying to achieve understanding, sharing information with others and facilitating the open exchange of ideas and information

Ability to establish courses of action for self to accomplish specific goals, develop and use tracking systems for monitoring own work progress, and effectively use resources such as time and information

Ability to make right decisions based on perceptive and analytical processes, practicing good judgment in gray areas

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Ability to lead functional and cross-functional teams to deliver complex web applications and systems

Ability to drive testing strategies, automation, and quality engineering practices

Knowledge of developing data warehouses and data marts

Knowledge of JavaScript libraries and frameworks, e.g. Angular, React, JQuery, etc.

Knowledge of working in agile environments. Exposure to Scrum framework

Skill in incorporating best practices on information security into development efforts

Ability to work within a team environment and possessing communication skills necessary to function with a team

Prior experience providing production support

Hands-on programming experience using C#, Java, or similar contemporary programming languages

Experienced in developing web applications and sites using HTML, JavaScript and CSS or equivalent combinations

Experience in relational data model

Experience in CI/CD integrations for both on-prem and cloud deployments

Experience working with JavaScript, and JavaScript libraries & frameworks e.g. Angular, React, JQuery, etc.

Experience working with source code repositories like Microsoft Team Foundation Services (TFS), GitHub, SVN or other equivalent tools

Experience in creating dashboards and reports using SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and Power BI

Experience supporting or developing solutions on Microsoft SharePoint or equivalent solution/platform

Experience supporting or developing solutions on FiServ Nautilus ECM or equivalent system/platform

Knowledge of system/process documentation

Skilled with server side architectures and system design and development

Knowledge of Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services or any other cloud ecosystem

Experience designing information security into applications

Working Experience

Experience working in an SDLC environment

Ability to quickly learn new applications, processes, and procedures

Expert knowledge on Architecture of Online Banking and SDK platform

Licenses and Certifications Within 1 year

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