Senior Engineer - Workday HCM

Job Description 

About TJX: 

TJX is a Fortune 100 company that operates off-price retailers of apparel and home fashions. TJX India – Hyderabad is the IT home office in the global technology organization of off-price apparel and home fashion retailer TJX, established to deliver innovative solutions that help transform operations globally. 

At TJX, we strive to build a workplace where our Associates’ contributions are welcomed and are embedded in our purpose to provide excellent value to our customers every day. At TJX India, we take a long-term view of your career. We have a high-performance culture that rewards Associates with career growth opportunities, preferred assignments, and upward career advancement. We take well-being very seriously and are committed to offering a great work-life balance for all our Associates. 

What You Will Discover: 

• Inclusive culture and career growth opportunities 

• Global IT organization collaborating across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia 

• Challenging, collaborative, and team-based engineering environment 

What You Will Do: 

Enterprise Applications Engineering at TJX thrives on strong relationships with HR and business partners to deliver reliable, secure, and scalable enterprise platforms that support global Associate experiences. 

As a Senior Engineer – Workday HCM, you will design, implement, and support end-to-end Workday HCM solutions with a focus on Core HCM functionality and enterprise integrations. You will operate as a lead engineer on medium-to-large initiatives (Epics), applying DevSecOps best practices while owning feature delivery from design through production support. 

You will play a critical role in TJX’s digital HR transformation by partnering with HR leaders, product owners, and downstream technology teams to deliver high-impact Workday solutions that scale globally. 

Key Responsibilities: 

End-to-End Solution Delivery 

• Lead design and delivery of Workday Core HCM solutions supporting worker lifecycle, organizations, job architecture, business process framework, and security. 

• Design, develop, and support Workday integrations using EIB, Core Connectors, Workday Studio, REST/SOAP APIs, and APIGee. 

• Own and deliver Epics and complex features, including architecture, estimates, configuration, development, testing, deployment, and support.   

• Translate business and functional requirements into scalable technical and functional Workday designs. 

• Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements including security, performance, reliability, and compliance (SOX, internal TJX standards).  

Technical Leadership & Ownership 

• Act in a Lead Engineer capacity for Workday initiatives, prioritizing work, guiding engineers, and resolving technical issues. 

• Make architecture, design, and technical decisions within assigned scope, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards.  

• Serve as a Workday subject matter expert for Core HCM and integrations, with a deep understanding of end-to-end HR business processes. 

• Proactively identify opportunities to improve processes, integration patterns, system performance, and operational excellence. 

Operations, DevSecOps & Quality 

• Champion DevSecOps best practices, automation, testing, monitoring, and release management for Workday solutions.  

• Support Workday releases, testing cycles, regression testing, and production deployments. 

• Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for production issues across Workday HCM and integrations. 

• Ensure secure handling of sensitive HR data and alignment with data privacy policies. 

Collaboration & Talent Development 

• Partner closely with HR, Payroll, Benefits, Finance, Identity, and vendor teams to deliver integrated HCM solutions. 

• Mentor junior engineers and support onboarding of new team members.  

• Contribute to engineering standards, patterns, documentation, and knowledge sharing. 

• Support talent acquisition through technical interviews and hiring activities as needed.  

What You Will Need (Minimum Qualifications): 

• 5+ years of Workday HCM experience, with strong functional expertise in Core HCM. 

• 3+ years of hands-on Workday integration experience, including EIB, Core Connectors, Studio, and Web Services. 

• Proven experience leading medium to large initiatives (Epics) and owning features end to end.  

• Strong understanding of Workday Business Process Framework, security configuration, calculated fields, and reporting. 

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery models. 

• Solid understanding of incident, change, and release management best practices. 

• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience integrating Workday with Payroll, Benefits, Finance, IAM, and third-party HR vendors. 

• Hands-on experience with Workday Studio for complex, large-scale integrations. 

• Experience supporting Workday in a global, highly integrated enterprise environment. 

• Exposure to DevSecOps tooling, automation, and monitoring for SaaS integrations. 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience (aligned with TJX Engineering Job Family).