Senior Data Engineer

InventYOU · Greece · posted today ago

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About this role

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our team and deliver a fit-for-purpose Workday reporting portfolio, grounded in clearly documented and validated business requirements.

The role combines report development with business analysis, adjusted to programme priorities. You will work with business stakeholders, as well as the integration team, to design, build, test and deploy reports, dashboards and analytics that are secure, reusable and compliant with the reporting governance framework.

Key Responsibilities

Plan and facilitate requirements workshops, interviews and walkthroughs with business owners and subject-matter experts
Translate business questions into structured reporting requirements (purpose, audience, data elements, filters, prompts, frequency, security and distribution)
Analyse current-state reports from legacy systems and decide whether to retire, replace, consolidate or rebuild them in Workday
Challenge and prioritise requests against business value, data availability and delivered Workday functionality
Maintain a requirements inventory and traceability matrix, and obtain formal business sign-off on requirements and delivered reports
Design and build Workday reports of all types: Simple, Advanced, Matrix, Composite, Trending and Transposed
Develop dashboards, Discovery Boards and worklet-based analytics for managers and executives
Create and maintain calculated fields, custom report data sources and prompts, following naming and reuse standards
Build reports used as data sources for integrations (e.g. RaaS / Workday web services) in coordination with the integration team
Apply Workday domain and business process security so that users see only the data they are authorised to see
Optimise report performance and resolve defects
Prepare unit test evidence, support SIT and BAT execution and manage report migration across tenants
Produce functional and technical design documentation, user guides and a report catalogue
Transfer knowledge to report writers and key users, and provide hypercare support after go-live

Requirements

Minimum 5 years of professional experience in Data Engineering, Reporting or Business Intelligence, with strong hands-on experience in Workday reporting
Proven experience designing and building all main Workday report types, including Advanced, Matrix and Composite reports
Strong experience with calculated fields, custom report data sources, prompts and report scheduling and bursting
Experience building dashboards, Discovery Boards and worklet-based analytics
Good understanding of Workday domain and business process security
Experience building reports for integrations (RaaS / web services)
Experience supporting testing activities (unit, SIT, BAT) and release management across tenants
Solid experience in requirements gathering, business analysis and documentation
Understanding of reporting governance, data security and data protection requirements
Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Fluent English