Software Engineer Sr., Core Apps and Payroll Team

PNC • Strongsville, OH

16d • $55,000 - $152,375

About The Position

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a Software Engineer Sr. within PNC's Technology organization, you will be part of the HR Core Apps and Payroll team and will report into a Software Engineering Manager Sr. You can be based in Pittsburgh PA, Strongsville OH, Cleveland OH, Dallas TX or Phoenix AZ. We’re seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own and evolve Workday integrations and related HR/Payroll applications. You’ll lead ETL workflows, mainframe JCL jobs, file transmissions, and monitoring across a complex, business critical ecosystem. This role combines hands-on engineering, troubleshooting, and cross-team collaboration with vendors and internal technology partners. PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position. How This Role Fits In The HR Core Apps & Payroll team supports Workday and other vendor applications that underpin our HR and payroll operations. You’ll be responsible for one or more applications, ensuring integrations are reliable, secure, and compliant, while improving performance and operational resilience. PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be: Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions. Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework. Job Description Provides detailed technical design and development of software solutions using existing and emerging technology platforms. Proposes & designs software solutions to address complex business needs. Writes code, tests and deploys software. Prepares technical and procedural documentation required for software. Maintains and debugs software.

Requirements

• Experience: 5–8+ years (preferred) in software engineering or integration engineering, with hands-on ownership of Workday integrations and ETL processes.
• Workday: Strong experience with Workday integrations (EIB, Studio, Core Connectors), troubleshooting, and coding within the Workday ecosystem; including strong understanding of Workday security.
• ETL & Data: Proficient in ETL design and implementation; data modeling, mapping, validation, and reconciliation.
• Monitoring & Operations: Experience with Dynatrace and/or BigPanda, or equivalent monitoring tools, alerting, dashboards, SLIs/SLOs, and incident response.
• Security & Access: Working knowledge of access management, data security, encryption, and secure file transfers.
• Process & Tools: Jira, ServiceNow, Agile methodologies; strong documentation and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Workday Certifications (e.g., Workday Studio, Integration Specialist).
• Knowledge of Oracle (SQL, performance tuning) for downstream HR/Payroll data stores.
• Experience with vendor HR systems (benefits, payroll, timekeeping) and HR data standards.
• Mainframe & JCL: Practical experience authoring and supporting JCL jobs and mainframe batch processing.

Responsibilities

• Integration Ownership: Design, build, and maintain Workday integrations (EIB, Studio, Core Connectors) and associated ETL pipelines to move data between Workday, payroll systems, and vendor apps.
• Act as Application Team Lead: Must demonstrate ownership of governance and controls for assigned applications; this includes timely certificate renewals, remediation of vulnerabilities, and responding to internal and external audits.
• Mainframe Execution: Author and maintain JCL to schedule and run jobs on the mainframe; monitor execution, handle failures, and optimize performance.
• Data Pipelines & Transmissions: Implement secure file transmissions (SFTP/HTTPS/AS2), data validations, and reconciliation; manage schemas, mappings, and transformations.
• Monitoring & Reliability: Use tools like Dynatrace and BigPanda to detect anomalies, reduce MTTR, and drive incident prevention through observability and automation.
• Access & Security: Partner with PNC Enterprise security and access management teams to ensure data security and privacy controls for all assigned applications.
• SDLC & Agile Delivery: Work in Agile (Scrum/Kanban), manage work in Jira, and coordinate incident/change management in ServiceNow.
• Technical Leadership: Troubleshoot complex production issues, conduct root-cause analysis, mentor peers, and contribute to engineering standards.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with technology teams, vendors, and business partners to prioritize, plan, and deliver integrations and enhancements.

Benefits

• PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future.
• Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.
• In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level