Workday Test Engineer

The Workday Test Engineer will play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and production readiness of Workday HR solutions supporting a global human resources organization. This position combines functional and integration testing, test planning, defect management, and test automation across multiple projects and workstreams. You will collaborate with HR, Payroll, Recruiting, Compensation, Learning, and Digital Technology teams to validate business processes and deliver dependable system functionality. Working closely with developers and quality assurance colleagues, you will identify defects, coordinate resolutions, and contribute to continuous improvements in testing practices. The role also offers opportunities to expand automated testing capabilities using Kainos and other testing tools while maintaining high standards for data privacy and security. Based in Bengaluru, this is a hybrid opportunity suited to an experienced QA professional who thrives in a collaborative, structured, and fast-paced project environment.

• Typically 6+ years of quality assurance experience, supported by a bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of relevant education and professional experience. Alternative experience pathways may apply depending on qualifications.

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM), or a related discipline.

• Hands-on experience testing Workday functional areas, including HCM, Recruiting, Core Compensation, Talent and Performance, Time-Off, Leave of Absence, Learning, and Security.

• Experience conducting Workday release testing and validating functional and integration scenarios across HR systems.

• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, solution design, development, testing, implementation, and maintenance of Workday HR solutions or custom applications.

• Experience designing, documenting, executing, and maintaining test cases, test plans, test results, and defect records.

• Practical experience with testing and defect management tools such as Jira, Quality Center, Kainos, and Selenium.

• Experience with automated testing, particularly the ability to identify automation opportunities and implement test cases using Kainos Workday testing tools.

• Knowledge of HR and Payroll processes, with an understanding of how enterprise HR systems support business operations.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to investigate defects, assess system behaviour, and work collaboratively with developers on resolutions.

• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to share progress, raise risks, explain defects, and coordinate testing activities across teams.

• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple workstreams, competing priorities, and time-sensitive deliverables.

• A commitment to process consistency, continuous improvement, accurate documentation, and high-quality software delivery.

• Awareness of data privacy and information security requirements when working with sensitive HR and employee information.

• Willingness to work in a hybrid arrangement based in Bengaluru, with the ability to work remotely most of the time where appropriate and travel occasionally as required.