Senior Integration Developer – Workday to Dayforce Payroll

Trident Consulting is seeking a " Senior Integration Developer – Workday to Dayforce Payroll” for one of our clients in "Remote role”. A global leader in business and technology services.

Title: Senior Integration Developer – Workday to Dayforce Payroll

Location: Remote role

Duration: 12 months contract

Role Type: Contract

Experience: 7+ Years

Pay range: $80 – 85/hr W2

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Senior Integration Developer with strong Workday integration and payroll interface experience. The candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining integrations between Workday and Dayforce Payroll, supporting the company's global payroll migration from design through go-live.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop Workday outbound payroll integrations to Dayforce using PECI, Core Connectors, Workday Studio, and EIB.
• Build integrations for employee, job, organization, compensation, deductions, tax, bank account, leave, and termination data.
• Manage effective-dated changes, retroactive updates, and employee rehire scenarios.
• Work with Payroll, HRIS, and Dayforce teams to gather requirements and define integration mappings.
• Perform integration testing, data validation, parallel payroll testing, and cutover rehearsals.
• Develop reconciliation and exception reports to ensure accurate payroll data transfer.
• Manage SFTP file delivery, scheduling, encryption, and error notifications.
• Troubleshoot integration issues, identify root causes, and maintain technical documentation.
• Support payroll migration, go-live, and post-implementation activities.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of Workday Integration Development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with:
• Workday PECI (Payroll Effective Change Interface)
• Workday Studio
• Core Connectors
• EIB (Enterprise Interface Builder)
• Workday Web Services and Calculated Fields
• Experience building Workday payroll integrations with third-party payroll vendors.
• Strong understanding of payroll data, effective dating, retroactive changes, earnings, deductions, and pay groups.
• Experience with SFTP integrations, file formats, scheduling, and PGP encryption.
• Experience with payroll reconciliation, exception reporting, and troubleshooting.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work independently.

Preferred Qualifications

• Dayforce integration or implementation experience.
• Experience with payroll vendor migration and cutover.
• International or multi-country payroll integration experience.
• Familiarity with Workday Prism and Workday Extend.
• Knowledge of REST and SOAP APIs.