Senior Automation Engineer, Workiva
$111-178k
+ A discretionary bonus typically paid annually + Restricted Stock Units
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Business data platform
Open for applications
Business data platform
1001+ employees
B2BEnterpriseComplianceAnalyticsData AnalysisCloud Computing
Open for applications
$111-178k
+ A discretionary bonus typically paid annually + Restricted Stock Units
Salesforce
Marketo
NetSuite
Oracle
SAP
Gainsight
Boomi
Mulesoft
REST API
Anaplan
Mid and Senior level
Remote in US
More information about location
1001+ employees
B2BEnterpriseComplianceAnalyticsData AnalysisCloud Computing
Company mission
Workiva’s mission is to power transparent reporting for a better world.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of proven experience as a Workato Engineer or similar type of automation role
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Desirable
- Strong knowledge of integration concepts, methodologies, and best practices
- Strong understanding of enterprise systems, APIs, cloud-based technologies, and integration architecture
- Proficiency in Workato platform and its features, including connectors, recipes, and workflows
- Strong proficiency in RESTful APIs and web services, with a deep understanding of API design principles and best practices
- Knowledge of integration and automation patterns, data transformation, and ETL processes
- Experience in implementing integration projects, including complex enterprise systems and cloud business apps
- Familiarity with cloud-based systems and applications, such as Workiva, Salesforce, Marketo, Anaplan/Adaptive, NetSuite/SAP/Oracle, FinancialForce/Open Air, Gainsight, Xactly, etc
- Proactive in problem-solving, ready to take on additional initiatives and responsibilities as they arise
- Demonstrated success on high performing automation engineering teams
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, conveying complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Knowledge of other automation platforms, such as MuleSoft or Dell Boomi, is a plus
- Results-Oriented: You set high standards and push projects forward to deliver quality outcomes on time
- Proactive and Resourceful: You don’t wait to be told what to do – you’re always looking for ways to add value and overcome challenges
- Innovative and Curious: You stay current on industry best practices and enjoy finding new ways to streamline processes
- Excellent Team Player with strong communication skills (you get people excited about technology)
What the job involves
- This role will report to Senior Manager of Automation Engineering and is part of the Data & Analytical organization within Business Technology (BT)
- The Data & Analytics team drives data-driven decisions and innovations across Workiva
- The Automation Engineering team specializes in designing, building, and managing solutions that connect diverse software systems, automate routine tasks, and enable real-time data exchange
- Reducing manual intervention, ensuring smooth interoperability between systems, and enabling scale solutions allows the enterprise to focus on strategic work and innovation
- The Senior Automation Engineer plays a critical role in modernizing and transforming Workiva systems and applications to unleash productivity and drive efficiencies across the organization
- You will partner with cross-functional teams to identify the biggest AI, automation and integration opportunities, deeply understand business requirements, translate them into efficient and scalable technical designs, develop and implement solutions that delight users, and drive continuous improvement and innovation
- Collaborate with business stakeholders and technical teams to gather automation & integration requirements and translate them into technical specifications
- Develop, design, and implement common architecture patterns, including microservices, event-driven architecture, and service-oriented architecture
- Design, develop, and implement integrations and automations per technical specifications
- Perform testing and debugging of integrations and automations to ensure accuracy, reliability, and performance
- Build and maintain integration workflows, recipes, and connectors within the Workato platform
- Own the ongoing quality of integration and automation solutions, actively monitor and troubleshoot integration issues, providing timely resolution and user support
- Document and develop the paved paths and playbooks for the Engineering community within Workiva, help to set integration/automation best practices
- Be the subject matter expert for AI, integration and automation technologies and implementations, offer guidance to the engineering community, team members as well as educating end users
Our take
For large-scale businesses, collecting and sharing data can be a complex and challenging process. Workiva solves this problem with its cloud-based data platform.
Workiva is one of the biggest players in the market, serving around 75% of Fortune 500 companies, including Google and Delta. Workiva's controlled, secure and audit-ready platform has maintained a clear edge over much of its competition.
Workiva's quality product and its commitment to transparency has made it a firm favourite with companies around the world. If it can maintain this, it stands to consolidate its impressive growth even further in the coming years.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2014
$0.7m
EARLY VC
Dec 2012
$30.7m
SERIES C
Total funding: $46.9m
Company benefits
- A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
- Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
- 401k w/ match
- Health, dental, and vision
- Vacation accruals
- Life and disability insurance
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Volunteer time-off
- Parental leave
- Travel & accident insurance
- Paid holidays
- Work remotely
- Discount programs
- Health and wellness
- Pet-friendly atmosphere
- Choose from additional plans that cover legal expenses, stolen identity, or even your pet's health
Company values
- Customer success: Always delight our customers.
- Innovation: Keep creating solutions and finding better ways.
- Trust: Always rely on each other.
- Inclusion: Support a diverse community where we all belong.
- Integrity: Do the right thing, every time.
- Accountability: Be responsible for your success and failure.
- Collaboration: Share resources and work together.
Company HQ
Holborn, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Marty Vanderploeg
(CEO, not founder)Previously worked as a Professor at Iowa State University. Founded Engineer Animation Inc. in 1990.
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