Staff Developer
Location: Canada
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 Platform team is looking for an experienced technical leader to create the industry’s next generation Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions.
As a Staff Developer on our Application Platform team you will be working on our core platform framework for extending Dayforce and our Workflow Engine. Your impact will be evident through your effective participation in the entire lifecycle of our software including design, analysis, prototyping, development, testing and support of our products. You will work closely and collaborate with clients, prospects, implementation partners, and Dayforce personnel to envision and deliver the required functionality.
This role is ideal for a highly experienced, hands-on engineer who has delivered across multiple significant projects, leads by example, and is motivated to grow into a more senior level technical leadership role.
What you'll get to do
- Drive and personally contribute to the design and implementation of highly scalable, highly available innovative solutions
- Lead critical architecture design; advise and influence on strategic technical direction across multiple initiatives
- Mentor and train fellow software engineers through hands-on collaboration, code reviews, and technical leadership
- Creating working proof-of-concepts; Recommend new technologies to ensure solution scalability, maintainability and quality
- Participate in Product discussions to advise on and influence the Product Roadmap
- Take end-to-end ownership of complex, cross-team development initiatives and drive them to successful delivery
- Contribute to the engineering process and culture, grow with and influence the team
If you are a strong hands-on engineer, have passion for creating great software, want to see your creation utilized by millions of people all over the world, and possess one or more of the following qualifications, we want to talk to you.
Skills and Experience we value
- 10+ years of experience in building and leading development of complex SaaS and/or cloud-based applications
- Technical fluency and currency; comfort driving work, discussing and diving deep on technology concepts, options and new opportunities with technical team members
- Strong business acumen; Ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders across the organization
- Driven by delivering customer value and impact
- Experience in leveraging AI in both development workflows and within customer facing products.
- Expertise in SQL and no-SQL database systems; understanding of data analytics and observability
- Proficiency with C# or Java, .Net Core
- Experience with modern technologies (React, Angular, Node.js, GraphQL, etc.)
- Experience with designing and implementing scalable and performant APIs and User Interfaces
- Experience with advanced programming constructs such as multi-threaded programming, event-driven architecture, messaging, microservices
- Experience with unit testing frameworks
- Proven track record of working and experimenting with new technologies; staying current with industry trends
- Experience with the latest container systems (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills
- Excellent analytical and problem solving 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.
This job posting is for an existing vacancy
Artificial intelligence may be used in the screening, assessment, or selection of applicants for this position.
Please note that the salary range mentioned in this job description should serve simply as a guide. The final compensation offered may vary based on a variety of factors, including bonuses and/or incentives, or a candidate’s experience, skills, budget and location. Our company is committed to providing a fair, equitable, and competitive package that reflects the value an individual brings to the organization.
Proficiency in English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with English-speaking stakeholders, co-workers, managers and/or clients across the world. Further, our back office support teams, including but not limited to Human Resources, are primarily English speaking. Employees need to be able to communicate with these departments in English to appropriately administer their business relationship. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking co-workers, managers, stakeholders and/or clients, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.
Fraudulent Recruiting
Beware of fraudulent recruiting. Legitimate Dayforce contacts will use an @dayforce.com email address. We do not request money, checks, equipment orders, or sensitive personal data during the recruitment process. If you have been asked for any of the above, or believe you have been contacted by someone posing as a Dayforce employee, please refer to our fraudulent recruiting statement found here: https://www.dayforce.com/be-aware-of-recruiting-fraud
Dayforce actively monitors all job applications to ensure authenticity. Submissions determined to be fraudulent or misleading will be declined from the recruitment process
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