UX Designer, Workday
$101.4-152k
1-3 days a week in office
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
Be an early applicant
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$101.4-152k
1-3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- You have the ability to learn complex systems and interfaces
- You have excellent interaction design skills and you believe that we should design for the user
- You have strong collaboration skills and an eagerness to provide and receive constructive feedback
- Exceptional creativity and passion for efficient workflows
- A great aesthetic sensibility and attention to detail
- Knowledge about the latest consumer-centric services
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Strong presentation and communication skills
- You are an advocate of user experience
- You are willing to challenge the status quo
- You have experience with enterprise application development
- 3+ years of enterprise or product design experience in a UX design role
- 3+ years of Figma skills (wireframes → hi-fi → prototyping)
- 3+ years of experience partnering cross-functionally from discovery through delivery
- BA/BS degree in Design (e.g., interaction, graphic, visual communications, product, industrial, etc.), Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer Science (CS), or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Must provide a portfolio demonstrating UX work (flows, wireframes, prototypes; case studies preferred) - Please share Password
- Proficiency with Figma, Lovable, or other modern design and prototyping tools
- Strong Interaction Design skills, with the ability to communicate and collaborate with product managers and developers regarding product strategy
- Demonstrated User Experience (UX) Design expertise, driven by a desire to internalize customer experiences and improve them through meaningful design
- Proven ability in Stakeholder Influence and Cross-functional teamwork, using sincerity and strong communication to bring order to complex design challenges
- A commitment to Systems Thinking to help scale design solutions across enterprise software environments
What the job involves
- You will be working on the Workday Design Systems, partnering directly with Engineering teams that build our patterns into the Workday Platform
- Your role on the team will allow you to affect the experience for millions of Workday users worldwide
- You will work with a team that is growing our Design System to deliver intuitive, attractive experiences by default in the Platform and focusing on creating modern patterns that scale across all modalities
- If you want to have an impact at scale across Workday and be part of the team that is changing the approach to how we build experience in Workday then apply below
- Workday was founded on a disruptive idea: to put people at the center of enterprise software
- To deliver on this we are growing our Research and Design team
- We have a design team of over 140 worldwide, made up of UX Researchers, Interaction Designers, Product Designers and Visual Designers
- We are looking for a UX Designer to join us and work alongside our internationally distributed Platform teams to innovate and deliver existing experiences for our users worldwide
- If you have a passion for creating great user experiences, a deep understanding of interaction, and an eye for detail, then read on
- Design at scale for millions of users around the world
- An organization that puts the customer first (98% customer satisfaction)
- A continuous learning environment, with opportunities for mentoring and coaching
- A dedicated team with a growth mindset and a passion for designing the right thing
- A fun, social working environment where you are encouraged to be your true self
- Competitive salary and benefits
Our take
Workday is a cloud-based software vendor that provides management of workforces and finances. The company uses a single database for workforce management and financial management to offer integration and optimize business intelligence across companies. It has added to the packages and tools it offers over the years, providing analytic options that allow companies to combine third-party data with information collected by Workday.
The company has also grown through acquisitions and partnerships to broaden its capabilities.. Most recently, in 2025 it purchases Sana, an AI-driven enterprise knowledge and learning platform, to create a "new front door for work". This acquisition allows Workday to integrate Sana's AI-powered search, agents, and learning capabilities with its own data and workflows, allowing employees to access information, automate tasks, and complete their day entirely within Workday.
Through a combination of strategic acquisitions and in-house development, WOrkday has built a comprehensive suite of HR, financial, and enterprise tools. By focusing on innovation and AI-driven workflows, the company continues to push productivity and decision-making for organizations worldwide. Building on this track record, Workday is very much positioned for even more growth, reinforcing its status as a leader in shaping the future of work.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Oct 2011
$85m
SERIES F
Apr 2009
$75m
SERIES E
Total funding: $215.3m
Company HQ
Pleasanton, CA
Leadership
Aneel Bhusri
(Co-Founder & Executive Chair)Annel began his career at Morgan Stanley as a Corporate Finance Analyst. He then spent nearly 6 years at PeopleSoft as a Senior VP before co-founding Workday in 2005, where he has served as the CEO ever since.
Carl Eschenbach
(CEO)Carl joined Workday in 2022 as Co-CEO, becoming CEO in 2024. He has also been a Partner at Sequoia Capital since 2016. Previously, he spent 14 years at VMware as President and COO and 3 years at Inktomi Corporation as the VP of North America Sales.
Peter Bailis
(CTO)Prior to joining Workday in 2025, People was a VP of Engineering at Google. He also previously founded Sisu Data, where he served as the CEO for over 5 years.
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