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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer jobs in the U.S. are a strong fit for H-1B1 Singapore visa sponsorship: the role's systems integration and customer-facing engineering work qualifies as a specialty occupation, and Singapore nationals skip the H-1B lottery entirely. The 5,400-visa annual cap rarely fills, so consulate appointments move faster than most engineers expect.
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Your work days are brighter here.
We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.
ABOUT THE TEAM
The Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) organization sits at the intersection of Product, Engineering, and customer execution across Agent Factory, Sana, Products, and the Developer Platform. When Workday launches new AI agents and products, early deployments surface complex real-world challenges—from unstructured tenant data and intricate configurations to edge-case enterprise workflows.
FDE pods deploy directly into active customer engagements to resolve technical friction, debug complex setups, and build lightweight integrations. Crucially, FDEs serve as the primary feedback engine for Product and Engineering: field insights, recurring customer friction, and configuration patterns are converted directly into scalable, out-of-the-box product capabilities.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, you will bridge hands-on software development with high-impact customer technical strategy. You will partner with enterprise customers to architect, deploy, debug, and optimize Workday’s AI agents and developer platform solutions within live customer environments.
Working across the full deployment lifecycle, you will collaborate with AI Deployment Architects, Product Managers, and Workday Services leads. Your primary objective is twofold: drive immediate customer success and eliminate implementation friction over time by embedding field-tested solutions back into the core platform.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
- Technical Deployment & Engineering: Deploy, configure, and debug AI agents and integrations directly inside live enterprise tenant environments against complex customer workflows and real-world data.
- Customer Discovery & Solution Architecture: Lead technical discovery sessions with key customer stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into robust product configurations, POCs, and integration specs.
- Product Feedback Loop: Capture field telemetry, edge-case failures, and customer friction points to directly influence the core product roadmap and engineering backlog.
- Productization of Field Insights: Identify recurring deployment challenges and transform custom fixes into standardized, automated out-of-the-box product capabilities.
- Cross-Functional Ecosystem Alignment: Partner closely with Workday Services leads, AI Deployment Architects, and Account Teams to ensure seamless project delivery while staying focused on core product strength.
- Engagement Milestones & Graduation: Guide engagements through structured milestones—from kickoff to graduation—enabling self-sustaining customer ownership within standard 6-month deployment cycles.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience: 7+ years in Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Technical Consulting, or Software Development.
- Technical Execution: Hands-on coding and debugging skills (e.g., Python, Java, or similar) with solid understanding of REST APIs, object-oriented design, system architecture, and integration patterns.
- Customer Interaction: Proven experience working directly with enterprise clients on complex software deployments, live data troubleshooting, and custom workflow integration.
- Travel: Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% to customer sites as needed.
WORKDAY PAY TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT
The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.
Primary Location: USA.CA.Pleasanton
Primary Location Base Pay Range: $176,000 USD - $264,000 USD
Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $148,200 USD - $264,000 USD
OUR APPROACH TO FLEXIBLE WORK
With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.
Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
Workday is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during our application process, in order to perform one or more essential functions of their job, as well as regarding the use of AI tools for employment decision-making to any degree. Please see below for more details including how to request an accommodation as a qualified veteran, due to a disability or for religious reasons, or as otherwise provided under applicable law.
Workday prohibits taking adverse action against any candidate or employee for reporting a possible violation of this policy, requesting one or more work accommodations, exercising a privacy right, or cooperating in an investigation in accordance with applicable law. Any employee who retaliates against a candidate or employee for doing so may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment, to the fullest extent allowable under applicable law.
If you require a reasonable accommodation, you may email accommodations@workday.com, as far in advance as possible.
ARE YOU BEING REFERRED TO ONE OF OUR ROLES?
If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!
At Workday, we value our candidates’ privacy and data security. Workday will never ask candidates to apply to jobs through websites that are not Workday Careers.
Please be aware of sites that may ask for you to input your data in connection with a job posting that appears to be from Workday but is not.
In addition, Workday will never ask candidates to pay a recruiting fee, or pay for consulting or coaching services, in order to apply for a job at Workday.
INTRODUCTION
Your work days are brighter here.
We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.
ABOUT THE TEAM
The Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) organization sits at the intersection of Product, Engineering, and customer execution across Agent Factory, Sana, Products, and the Developer Platform. When Workday launches new AI agents and products, early deployments surface complex real-world challenges—from unstructured tenant data and intricate configurations to edge-case enterprise workflows.
FDE pods deploy directly into active customer engagements to resolve technical friction, debug complex setups, and build lightweight integrations. Crucially, FDEs serve as the primary feedback engine for Product and Engineering: field insights, recurring customer friction, and configuration patterns are converted directly into scalable, out-of-the-box product capabilities.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, you will bridge hands-on software development with high-impact customer technical strategy. You will partner with enterprise customers to architect, deploy, debug, and optimize Workday’s AI agents and developer platform solutions within live customer environments.
Working across the full deployment lifecycle, you will collaborate with AI Deployment Architects, Product Managers, and Workday Services leads. Your primary objective is twofold: drive immediate customer success and eliminate implementation friction over time by embedding field-tested solutions back into the core platform.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
- Technical Deployment & Engineering: Deploy, configure, and debug AI agents and integrations directly inside live enterprise tenant environments against complex customer workflows and real-world data.
- Customer Discovery & Solution Architecture: Lead technical discovery sessions with key customer stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into robust product configurations, POCs, and integration specs.
- Product Feedback Loop: Capture field telemetry, edge-case failures, and customer friction points to directly influence the core product roadmap and engineering backlog.
- Productization of Field Insights: Identify recurring deployment challenges and transform custom fixes into standardized, automated out-of-the-box product capabilities.
- Cross-Functional Ecosystem Alignment: Partner closely with Workday Services leads, AI Deployment Architects, and Account Teams to ensure seamless project delivery while staying focused on core product strength.
- Engagement Milestones & Graduation: Guide engagements through structured milestones—from kickoff to graduation—enabling self-sustaining customer ownership within standard 6-month deployment cycles.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience: 7+ years in Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Technical Consulting, or Software Development.
- Technical Execution: Hands-on coding and debugging skills (e.g., Python, Java, or similar) with solid understanding of REST APIs, object-oriented design, system architecture, and integration patterns.
- Customer Interaction: Proven experience working directly with enterprise clients on complex software deployments, live data troubleshooting, and custom workflow integration.
- Travel: Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% to customer sites as needed.
WORKDAY PAY TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT
The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.
Primary Location: USA.CA.Pleasanton
Primary Location Base Pay Range: $176,000 USD - $264,000 USD
Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $148,200 USD - $264,000 USD
OUR APPROACH TO FLEXIBLE WORK
With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.
Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
Workday is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during our application process, in order to perform one or more essential functions of their job, as well as regarding the use of AI tools for employment decision-making to any degree. Please see below for more details including how to request an accommodation as a qualified veteran, due to a disability or for religious reasons, or as otherwise provided under applicable law.
Workday prohibits taking adverse action against any candidate or employee for reporting a possible violation of this policy, requesting one or more work accommodations, exercising a privacy right, or cooperating in an investigation in accordance with applicable law. Any employee who retaliates against a candidate or employee for doing so may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment, to the fullest extent allowable under applicable law.
If you require a reasonable accommodation, you may email accommodations@workday.com, as far in advance as possible.
ARE YOU BEING REFERRED TO ONE OF OUR ROLES?
If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!
At Workday, we value our candidates’ privacy and data security. Workday will never ask candidates to apply to jobs through websites that are not Workday Careers.
Please be aware of sites that may ask for you to input your data in connection with a job posting that appears to be from Workday but is not.
In addition, Workday will never ask candidates to pay a recruiting fee, or pay for consulting or coaching services, in order to apply for a job at Workday.
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Verify your role qualifies as specialty occupation
Pull the O*NET profile for Forward Deployed Engineers and confirm your job duties map to a bachelor's-level engineering or computer science field. Mismatched job descriptions are the leading reason H-1B1 visa consular officers push back on specialty occupation claims.
Target employers already filing Labor Condition Applications
Search the OFLC Wage Search tool for LCA filings under SOC codes for software and systems engineers. Employers with recent LCA certifications in your occupation have already cleared the DOL wage compliance step, which shortens your path to an offer.
Search verified H-1B1 Singapore sponsoring employers on Migrate Mate
Migrate Mate filters job listings by H-1B1 Singapore visa sponsorship history, so you're applying to employers who've sponsored this visa category before rather than educating a recruiter about a visa they've never processed.
Prepare a systems integration portfolio before interviewing
Forward deployed roles require demonstrating hands-on deployment and customer environment experience. Compile documented case studies from your Singaporean engineering work that show scope, technical stack, and measurable outcomes before your first U.S. employer interview.
Confirm your employer will file the LCA before your consulate appointment
The LCA must be DOL-certified before you can apply for the H-1B1 visa at the consulate. Ask your employer to share the certified LCA document, not just a verbal confirmation, so your application packet is complete when you book your appointment.
Use the 10-day grace period strategically at role transitions
The H-1B1 visa doesn't carry H-1B portability protections, so if you switch employers, you need a new LCA and consulate stamp before starting. Plan any job change around the 10-day post-employment grace period to avoid a gap in authorized status.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer role qualify for H-1B1 Singapore sponsorship?
Yes, provided the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as computer science, software engineering, or systems engineering. Forward deployed roles that blend customer-facing consulting with deep technical implementation generally satisfy USCIS specialty occupation criteria, but your employer's job description must reflect that degree requirement explicitly, not just list it as preferred.
How does the H-1B1 Singapore visa compare to the H-1B for this role?
The H-1B1 Singapore visa skips the H-1B lottery entirely and is processed at the consulate rather than through USCIS, which removes months of petition processing time. The annual cap is 5,400 visas for Singapore nationals and has never been exhausted. The trade-off is that H-1B1 doesn't allow dual intent, so you can't pursue a green card concurrently while holding H-1B1 status the way H-1B holders often do.
What documents does a Singaporean engineer need for the H-1B1 consulate appointment?
You'll need your certified Labor Condition Application from DOL, a job offer letter specifying the specialty occupation and salary, academic credentials showing a relevant engineering or computer science degree, and your DS-160 confirmation. If your Singaporean degree is a three-year bachelor's, bring a credentials evaluation confirming U.S. equivalency, as consular officers occasionally raise questions about non-four-year programs.
How do I find U.S. employers who have sponsored H-1B1 Singapore visas for engineering roles?
Migrate Mate surfaces employers with verified H-1B1 Singapore sponsorship history filtered by occupation, so you're targeting companies that have already navigated this visa category rather than starting that conversation from scratch. Employers with existing H-1B1 processes have LCA templates and legal counsel in place, which significantly reduces the time between offer and consulate appointment.
Can I switch employers after receiving H-1B1 sponsorship in a Forward Deployed Engineer role?
Yes, but the process resets. The H-1B1 visa doesn't carry H-1B portability, so your new employer must file a fresh LCA with DOL and you'll need a new consulate appointment for a visa stamp before you can begin working. Plan the transition carefully around your current visa's expiration date and the 10-day grace period to avoid an unauthorized gap in status.