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

The Dayforce Product Development team is looking for an experienced Software Developer to create the industry’s next generation Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions.

What you’ll get to do

As a software developer on Position Management team, you will be working on our ground-breaking solution that helps companies manage their workforce. Your impact will be evident through your effective participation in the entire lifecycle of our software including design, analysis, prototyping, development, testing, deployment, and support of our products. You will work closely and collaborate with product owners, design experts, implementation partners, and Dayforce personnel to envision and deliver functionality. You will be conducting code reviews of peer work and mentoring other developers.

If you are a technology enthusiast, have passion for creating great software, want to see your creation utilized by thousands of people all over the world, and possess the following qualifications, we want to talk to you.

Skills and experience we value

• Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or similar tools to improve developer productivity, code quality, testing, documentation, and technical problem-solving.
• Ability to responsibly assess, validate, and refine AI-generated code or recommendations before applying them in production-quality software
• Solid knowledge of object-oriented principles (SOLID) and experience applying them in practice using C#/.NET, including async/await and LINQ.
• Experience with modern .NET (e.g., .NET 6+) and the ability to modernize .NET Framework code where needed.
• Demonstrated experience building production UIs with the JavaScript stack, especially React and TypeScript
• Working knowledge of modern web technologies including: HTML5, CSS3, SVG, Web APIs, JSON, and REST (gRPC/GraphQL a plus).
• Solid experience on TSQL (SQL Server) - including database design, transaction handling and query performance tuning.
• Testing and quality focus: unit/integration/E2E tests (xUnit/NUnit/Jest/Playwright/Cypress) and code reviews.

What would make you really stand out

• AI-accelerated development experience. You use AI agent in your development workflow on daily basis
• Experience integrating LLM capabilities into products (e.g., retrieval/RAG, prompt design, evaluation/guardrails) is a plus.
• Hands-on experience applying design patterns, writing automated tests, and optimizing performance (front and back end).
• Good understanding of multi-threading, concurrency, and thread synchronization.
• Experience with event-driven systems and messaging (e.g., Kafka, Azure Service Bus) and caching (e.g., Redis).
• Observability in production (structured logging, metrics, tracing with OpenTelemetry/App Insights/Prometheus).
• Disciplined self-starter, capable of working independently as well as in close collaboration within an agile development team
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

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.

Artificial intelligence may be used in the screening, assessment, or selection of applicants for this position.

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