Sr. Partner Solution Architect
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Your work days are brighter here.
We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.
About the Team
The Workday Global Partner Organization (GPO) is focused on building a vibrant and growing economy with our partners, powered by our technology. The Partner Innovation team within GPO drives innovation within our partner ecosystem, helping partners build and deliver impactful solutions that foster joint success in the Workday Solution Marketplace. The Agent Partner Network is a new program for Workday Partners building agents on the Workday platform.
About the Role
The Partner Solution Architect provides technical advisory and co-development services to Workday partners, assisting them in designing and building compelling solutions. This team serves as the internal center of excellence for integrations, apps and agents on the Workday Platform.
We achieve this by reviewing and certifying partner-built integrations, applications through Built on Workday and agents. We support partners in developing solutions for the Workday Marketplace using tools like Workday Extend and technical standards and best practices for reliability, performance, security and scale.
The Partner Solution Architect combines the expertise of a software architect, developer, delivery lead, and project manager, helping Workday partners define their initial design, overcome technical roadblocks, and successfully build their solutions. Additionally, this role acts as a liaison to Workday product teams, effectively communicating partners’ technical requirements.
This role is focussed on supporting the new Agent Partner Network for partners building managed agents on the platform using Extend, or partners registering externally harnessed agents accessing Workday Agent Ready Tools.
About You
Basic Qualifications
- Experience with HR and Finance functional business processes.
- 2+ years developing applications using Workday Extend.
- 2+ years of experience designing, building, and troubleshooting software integrations.
- 2+ years of experience with web service technologies (SOAP, REST, JSON, HTTP, and SSL).
- 2+ years of experience with XML technologies and standards (XML, XSD, XSLT, and XPath).
- Hands-on experience building or integrating LLM-powered applications or agents using modern frameworks (e.g., LangChain/LangGraph, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents SDK, Anthropic Claude Agent SDK, or equivalent), including tool/function calling and retrieval-augmented generation.
- Working knowledge of agent interoperability and connectivity protocols — Model Context Protocol (MCP) and agent-to-agent approaches (e.g., A2A) — and how agents authenticate and exchange context across system boundaries.
- Experience with LLM evaluation and observability tooling (e.g., LangSmith, Langfuse, Arize Phoenix, Braintrust, or promptfoo): building eval datasets, defining pass/fail criteria, tracing agent runs, and diagnosing regressions.
Other Qualifications
- Direct experience with Workday preferred; experience in the Workday software alliances ecosystem is a plus.
- Functional industry knowledge within retail, technology, or healthcare.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- A passion for continuous improvement and learning, with a curious and problem-solving mindset.
- Ability to communicate effectively with diverse teams and individuals at various organizational levels.
- Experience with Workday Extend or Workday delivery/integration certification preferred.
- Strong attention to detail, organizational, and analytical skills.
- Ability to multitask and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Workday Pay Transparency Statement (For EU Locations Only)
Listed below is the base salary range applicable to this position. Workday pay ranges (and the precise pay offered to the successful candidate) are based on a number of objective criteria such as relevant experience and skills, and educational qualifications, level of responsibility, demands of the role, work location and business need. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants awarded by Workday Inc. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.
Primary Location Base Pay Range: €69,000 EUR - €103,400 EUR Ireland
Our Approach to Flexible Work
With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.
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Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
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How we rate this
Sr. Partner Solution Architect at Workday rates 32 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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