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Principal architect roles in California sit at the intersection of large-scale enterprise technology and creative design leadership. Meta, Apple, Google, and Salesforce regularly post principal architect positions across the Bay Area, while firms like Gensler and AECOM concentrate roles in Los Angeles and San Diego. Demand is consistent across both software systems and built-environment architecture throughout the state.
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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
Join our team and experience Workday! It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they're doing. At Workday, we're committed to bringing customer focus and continuous innovation to the business of enterprise applications. We are looking for a Revenue solutions and Workday Finance Principal Architect that is hardworking, innovative, and passionate about designing innovative programs that drive engagement and support business success. We invite you to join our Workday-on-Workday (WoW) team!
ABOUT THE ROLE
The resource will be responsible for architecting a world-class Source to Pay ecosystem utilizing Workday at a global scale and other SAAS solutions. You will be working on the cutting edge of Source to pay (Spend) technology, influencing how our financial operations scale and thrive. If you are passionate Workday Spend, Strategic Sourcing, Evisort and agentic offerings and want to drive impact on a global stage, this is your dream role. As the Principal Architect for Source to Pay, you will work closely with product managers, finance stakeholders, and business analysts to design and optimize innovative solutions across our billing and revenue ecosystems, ensuring seamless integration with our Workday Finance core. Get ready to dive deep into complex challenges, collaborate with brilliant minds, and see your solutions directly impact global financial operations. You will analyze complex functional business problems and provide technical expertise in identifying, evaluating, and developing systems and procedures that best meet requirements.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Architect & Design: Design and architect scalable, efficient solutions within Workday ecosystem and 3rd party platforms to support global procurement operations.
- Implementation & Configuration: Lead the configuration, optimization, and scaling of sourcing, contracting, procurement, AP, travel and expenses and oversee critical upstream/downstream integrations.
- Product Expertise: Stay up-to-date on Workday product updates, features, and evolving revenue compliance standards, proactively identifying opportunities to leverage them.
- Business Collaboration: Partner closely with Finance Operations, FP&A, Accounting and Legal and business teams to gather complex requirements, translating them into robust technical specifications.
- Guidance & Support: Provide functional leadership, technical guidance, and mentorship to other team members, system analysts, and end-users.
- System Optimization: Troubleshoot and resolve complex system, billing, or revenue data issues, ensuring the smooth, automated operation of the Order-to-Revenue pipeline.
- Cross-Functional Integration: Partner with platform services and integration teams to ensure seamless data flow between Spend systems and downstream platform.
- Process Improvement: Continuous research and analysis of industry best practices in Source to pay to recommend strategic improvements to our processes.
- Roadmap Strategy: Help envision and execute the overall technology roadmap for Source to pay.
ABOUT YOU
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- 10+ years delivering large scale consulting engagements with a combination of Workday Finance, Contract to Cash, Professional Services & Revenue Management - Source to Pay.
- 10+ years of professional experience in Workday domain.
- 7+ years of experience in agile methodology and various systems including Jira and Confluence.
- 5+ years of professional experience in Workday Spend (Procurement), WSS, Evisort, or other related sourcing/procurement tools.
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:
- Outstanding analytical reasoning and problem-solving capabilities with confirmed abilities to think strategically to tackle key business questions/problems.
- Good interpersonal and collaborative skills, with a professional demeanor and the ability to communicate optimally with all levels of management, colleagues, and vendors.
- Ability to adapt to modification and changes to project plans, demonstrating flexibility to implement new strategies and tactics to accommodate these changes.
- Experience with Salesforce: Strong understanding of how Salesforce and middleware tools like SnapLogic facilitate the flow of customer, contract, billing, revenue etc. data between Salesforce and Workday.
- Active certification in Workday Finance Contract to Cash and other Workday functional areas is highly preferred.
- Open to 50% reporting to Pleasanton or Atlanta offices.
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: $169,200 USD - $253,800 USD
Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $142,900 USD - $253,800 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
Join our team and experience Workday! It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they're doing. At Workday, we're committed to bringing customer focus and continuous innovation to the business of enterprise applications. We are looking for a Revenue solutions and Workday Finance Principal Architect that is hardworking, innovative, and passionate about designing innovative programs that drive engagement and support business success. We invite you to join our Workday-on-Workday (WoW) team!
ABOUT THE ROLE
The resource will be responsible for architecting a world-class Source to Pay ecosystem utilizing Workday at a global scale and other SAAS solutions. You will be working on the cutting edge of Source to pay (Spend) technology, influencing how our financial operations scale and thrive. If you are passionate Workday Spend, Strategic Sourcing, Evisort and agentic offerings and want to drive impact on a global stage, this is your dream role. As the Principal Architect for Source to Pay, you will work closely with product managers, finance stakeholders, and business analysts to design and optimize innovative solutions across our billing and revenue ecosystems, ensuring seamless integration with our Workday Finance core. Get ready to dive deep into complex challenges, collaborate with brilliant minds, and see your solutions directly impact global financial operations. You will analyze complex functional business problems and provide technical expertise in identifying, evaluating, and developing systems and procedures that best meet requirements.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Architect & Design: Design and architect scalable, efficient solutions within Workday ecosystem and 3rd party platforms to support global procurement operations.
- Implementation & Configuration: Lead the configuration, optimization, and scaling of sourcing, contracting, procurement, AP, travel and expenses and oversee critical upstream/downstream integrations.
- Product Expertise: Stay up-to-date on Workday product updates, features, and evolving revenue compliance standards, proactively identifying opportunities to leverage them.
- Business Collaboration: Partner closely with Finance Operations, FP&A, Accounting and Legal and business teams to gather complex requirements, translating them into robust technical specifications.
- Guidance & Support: Provide functional leadership, technical guidance, and mentorship to other team members, system analysts, and end-users.
- System Optimization: Troubleshoot and resolve complex system, billing, or revenue data issues, ensuring the smooth, automated operation of the Order-to-Revenue pipeline.
- Cross-Functional Integration: Partner with platform services and integration teams to ensure seamless data flow between Spend systems and downstream platform.
- Process Improvement: Continuous research and analysis of industry best practices in Source to pay to recommend strategic improvements to our processes.
- Roadmap Strategy: Help envision and execute the overall technology roadmap for Source to pay.
ABOUT YOU
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- 10+ years delivering large scale consulting engagements with a combination of Workday Finance, Contract to Cash, Professional Services & Revenue Management - Source to Pay.
- 10+ years of professional experience in Workday domain.
- 7+ years of experience in agile methodology and various systems including Jira and Confluence.
- 5+ years of professional experience in Workday Spend (Procurement), WSS, Evisort, or other related sourcing/procurement tools.
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:
- Outstanding analytical reasoning and problem-solving capabilities with confirmed abilities to think strategically to tackle key business questions/problems.
- Good interpersonal and collaborative skills, with a professional demeanor and the ability to communicate optimally with all levels of management, colleagues, and vendors.
- Ability to adapt to modification and changes to project plans, demonstrating flexibility to implement new strategies and tactics to accommodate these changes.
- Experience with Salesforce: Strong understanding of how Salesforce and middleware tools like SnapLogic facilitate the flow of customer, contract, billing, revenue etc. data between Salesforce and Workday.
- Active certification in Workday Finance Contract to Cash and other Workday functional areas is highly preferred.
- Open to 50% reporting to Pleasanton or Atlanta offices.
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: $169,200 USD - $253,800 USD
Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $142,900 USD - $253,800 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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Search Principal Architect Jobs in CaliforniaPrincipal Architect Jobs in California: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies in California sponsor visas for principal architects?
Technology companies are among the most active sponsors for principal architect roles in California. Meta, Google, Apple, Salesforce, and Oracle have established H-1B visa and green card sponsorship programs in the Bay Area. For built-environment architecture, large firms such as Gensler, AECOM, and HOK maintain offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco and have sponsored international architects in senior roles.
Which visa types realistically apply to principal architect roles in California?
H-1B is the most common path, as principal architect roles in both technology and building design qualify as specialty occupations requiring a directly related bachelor's degree. Canadian and Mexican citizens may qualify under the TN visa as an Architect under USMCA, provided they hold the required professional degree or license. EB-2 and EB-3 employment-based green cards are also available for longer-term sponsorship through PERM labor certification.
How to find principal architect visa sponsorship jobs in California?
Migrate Mate lists California employers with verified visa sponsorship history for principal architect roles, searchable by city and practice area. Because principal architect is a senior specialty occupation, filtering for employers with active H-1B LCA filing history narrows results to companies already set up to sponsor. Migrate Mate's database covers both technology firms in the Bay Area and architecture practices in Los Angeles and San Diego.
Which California cities have the most principal architect sponsorship opportunities?
San Francisco and the broader Bay Area account for the highest concentration of principal architect sponsorship activity, driven by enterprise software and cloud infrastructure companies headquartered there. Los Angeles follows, particularly for principal architects working in building design, media technology, and large commercial projects. San Jose, San Diego, and Sacramento also see consistent postings, especially in defense, healthcare systems, and government infrastructure work.
Are there state-specific factors that affect visa sponsorship for principal architects in California?
California's size means licensing requirements vary by practice area. Principal architects working on licensed building projects must hold or be working toward a California Architect license through the California Architects Board, which can affect TN visa eligibility and employer sponsorship decisions. Technology-focused principal architect roles typically do not require state licensure, but employers often specify a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a closely related field to satisfy specialty occupation requirements.
What is the prevailing wage for sponsored principal architect jobs in California?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.