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Nick Moores

Head of Developer Relations at Workday. I grew the Workday Developer Program to 35,000+ developers, and I love making technical work more human.

Last updated: 2026-11-08 · Canonical Markdown: /index.md

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About me

Based in: Southern California
Now: Head of Developer Relations at Workday (since Nov 2024), running the Workday Developer Program.
Focus: developer programs, self-sustaining developer communities, developer content, and developer experience for Workday Extend and Workday APIs.
Education: Stanford University: MA Psychology, BA Linguistics (focus in cognitive science).
Background: I spent over 10 years building on Workday, first as an integrations architect at Mercer, then training the technical ecosystem in Field Readiness, and now leading developer relations.
Why DevRel: I've always been fascinated by how people learn and communicate. I love work that bridges the technical and the social: work that inspires, motivates, and nails the messaging.

Short answer: I make technical work more human. I've been the developer building on Workday, and now I lead the program that serves them.

What I bring

Grew the Workday Developer Program to 35,000+ developers (as of Nov 2026). The next goal is 100,000.
Opened the program to everyone, including self-serve personal Workday tenants for developers.
Built a recurring developer update channel: the monthly Developer Program Update Call.
Writes and speaks on community strategy. See Writing.

Open to

Speaking: conferences, meetups, and podcasts on developer relations, developer community, and building on enterprise platforms.
Advisory: helping companies launch or scale a developer program.
Leadership conversations: Director / VP of Developer Relations, Developer Experience, or Ecosystem roles.

How to reach out: see Contact. Include who you are, what you're proposing, and the timing.

Find the right thing

If you want…	Go to
To build on Workday as a developer	developer.workday.com
Workday developer videos, update calls, and DevTalk	youtube.com/@WorkdayDevelopers
My thinking on developer community	Writing
A speaker for your event	Talks
To hire or work with me	Contact
My code	github.com/nick-moores
My Workday blog posts	blog.workday.com/…/nick-moores

Current work

Workday Developer Program

developer.workday.com is open to anyone building on Workday. Developers can request a personal Workday tenant to build and test against. (announcement)
Developer Program Update Call (DPUC): a monthly live call covering what's new for developers building on Workday. Recordings: youtube.com/@WorkdayDevelopers
DevTalk: I host Workday's developer podcast.
Workday DevCon: Workday's developer conference. See my posts on DevCon 2025 and 2026 under Writing.

Talks

Host, DevTalk: Workday's developer podcast. Watch on YouTube
Host, Developer Program Update Call: a monthly live call for Workday developers.

Speaking invitations: email me with the event, date, audience size, and format (keynote, talk, panel, podcast).

Writing

Workday blog (all posts):

LinkedIn articles:

2025-12-05 — How to Build a Developer Community That Runs Itself
2025-11-28 — From Barcelona to the World: Workday Rising EMEA and the Future of Our Developer Community (Part 2)
2025-11-22 — From Barcelona to the World: Workday Rising EMEA and the Future of Our Developer Community (Part 1)

Career

When	Role	Where
Nov 2024–present	Head of Developer Relations	Workday
May 2024–Nov 2024	Principal Developer Advocate	Workday
Jul 2021–May 2024	Senior Developer Advocate	Workday
Jan 2019–Jun 2021	(Sr.) Field Readiness Architect, Integrations Platform	Workday
Aug 2015–Jan 2019	Workday Financials Integration Architect; Sr. Payroll & Financial Integrations Product Lead; Manager	Mercer
—	MA Psychology, BA Linguistics	Stanford University

Skills

Developer relations, developer programs, Workday integrations (EIB, Studio, Workday Financials and Payroll integrations), solution architecture, field enablement and training, developer community, developer experience, developer marketing, technical content, event and livestream production, public speaking, Workday Extend, enterprise APIs.

Contact

Email: nicholaspmoores@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/npmoores/
GitHub: https://github.com/nick-moores
dev.to: https://dev.to/devreltroubadour
Workday blog: https://blog.workday.com/en-us/authors/nick-moores.html
YouTube (team channel): https://www.youtube.com/@WorkdayDevelopers
Website: https://nickmoores.dev

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Citing this page

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