Job Description

Dayforce is a global human capital management (HCM) company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, with operations across North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), and the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region.
Our award-winning Cloud HCM platform offers a unified solution database and continuous calculation engine, driving efficiency, productivity and compliance for the global workforce.
Our brand promise - Makes Work Life Better™- Reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally.

About the opportunity
Join the award-winning Dayforce HCM team. Work with the latest technologies on a world-leading development team transforming human capital management with a single, end-to-end, SaaS application. We are streamlining and accelerating processes, improving accuracy, enhancing efficiencies and driving business results. If you want to be part of a team where innovation fuels your world and career growth is abundant, choose Dayforce.
We are looking for a Senior Software Developer to join the team that is building search, AI Assistant, and AI agents capabilities into our Dayforce product.
This is a high visibility, high impact role. You will help change how millions of users across 150+ countries interact with Dayforce on a day-to-day basis. The ideal candidate has strong technical skills and a desire to stay current with advances in big data and cloud technologies.
Your impact will be felt throughout the full software lifecycle – design, analysis, prototyping, development, testing, and support. You will collaborate with clients, prospects, implementation partners, and Dayforce teams to envision and deliver the required functionality.
What you’ll get to do
• Contribute to the design and implementation of highly scalable and available solutions, including building new microservices, developing & consuming APIs, implementing new interfaces
• Participate in critical architecture design, advising and influencing strategic technical directions to continuously improve the search service.
• Recommend new technologies to ensure the solution is scalable, maintainable, and high quality.
• Automate release processes for all integrations and support deployed solutions.
• Maintain integrations and tooling (bug fixes, enhancements, CI/CD updates).
• Scrupulously adhere to industry best practices.
• Develop your technical skills through continuous learning.
• Analyze, design, prototype, program, test, and support – the complete software lifecycle in your hands.
• Participate in Product discussions to advise on and influence the Product Roadmap.
• Contribute to the engineering process and culture.
• If you are a technology enthusiast, have a passion for creating great software, want to see your work used by millions of people all over the world, and possess many of the qualifications below, we’d love to talk to you.
Skills and experience we value
• Experienced full stack developer with a strong understanding of the challenges in implementing a search service.
• 6+ years of experience with .Net and C#.
• 3+ years of experience building and leading development of complex SaaS and/or cloud-based applications.
• 2+ years of experience with the Kubernetes
• 2+ years of experience with Azure cloud technologies.
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
• 4+ years experience in developing and participating in the design of web services, microservices, or SOA.
• Strong understanding of advanced programming constructs such as:
• Multi-threaded programming
• Dependency injection
• LINQ
• Advanced SQL
• Object-relational mapping
• Technical fluency and comfort diving deep into technology concepts, options, and new opportunities with technical team members.
• Driven by delivering customer value and impact.
• Desire to experiment with new technologies, with a proven track record of quickly learning new tools and frameworks.
• Ability to debug, analyze, and profile performance in production environments.
• Excellent collaboration, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
What would make you stand out
• Experience integrating Kafka with other systems (databases, microservices, stream processing tools such as Kafka Streams or Streamiz.Kafka.Net).
• Experience in monitoring and tuning microservices for performance and reliability.
• Experience with infrastructure design and deployment on Azure PaaS offerings for data pipelines (Azure SQL, Function/Logic Apps, Key Vault, Storage Accounts, Virtual Machines, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics).
• DevOps process automation using ARM templates, Terraform, and PowerShell.
• Experience with unit testing frameworks such as Jasmine, Cypress.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Azure DevOps, Git, GitHub).
• Understanding of JavaScript build tools / dependency management libraries such as Gulp, WebPack, Babel, RequireJS, etc.
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What’s in it for you
Dayforce is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace ALL individuals and what makes them unique. We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment.
We encourage individuals to apply based on their passions.
Dayforce encourages personal and professional growth. We offer excellent time away from work programs, comprehensive wellness initiatives and recognition through competitive pay and benefits.
With a commitment to community impact, including volunteer days and our charity, Dayforce Cares we provide opportunities for you to thrive both in your career and personal life. Our focus is not just on your job but on supporting you to be the best version of yourself.
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