Software Developer Sr

Ceridian HCM, Inc; Canada; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global HCM provider in Canada is seeking a Software Developer for their Dayforce Product Development team. You will design and develop RESTful APIs, improve performance for high-traffic applications, and mentor junior developers. Candidates should possess extensive experience with C# and cloud technologies, along with a strong understanding of API security and performance optimization. This role emphasizes collaboration across teams and offers a chance to impact millions of users worldwide.

Benefits

Comprehensive wellness initiatives

Time away from work programs

Recognition through competitive pay and benefits

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs.
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented principles including SOLID.
• Experience with cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Proficiency in asynchronous development and LINQ.
• Capability to analyze business needs and develop software solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable APIs for the workforce management solution.
• Optimize performance for high-traffic workloads.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor junior developers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on requirements.

Skills

API Design

C# Framework

Cloud Delivery

Event-driven Architecture

API Security

AI Developer Tools

Tools

Docker

CI/CD

Redis

Job description

Posted Monday, December 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM | Expires Monday, February 16, 2026 at 4:59 AM

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 prom ise - Makes Work Life Better ™ - Reflec ts our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally.

Effective November 1, 2025 this position is not open to residents of Quebec; applicants must reside in a province or territory of Canada other than Quebec to be considered. Any roles available in Quebec will be posted separately.

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.

As a senior developer on our Workforce Management team, you will be working on our ground-breaking solution that helps companies increase their efficiencies through tracking time and attendance and intelligent scheduling of their employees. 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 a 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.

What you'll get to do

API Design & Development

• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs.
• Ensure APIs are scalable, secure, and aligned with both global and internal API standards and best practices.
• Collaborate with team members from other cross-functional teams to define API requirements and functionality.

Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Through our Guilds, contribute to API architecture, schema design, versioning strategies, and service boundaries.
• Participate in and influence technical roadmap discussions, architectural reviews, and design sessions.

Quality, Observability & Performance

• Optimize API performance, throughput, and latency for global, high-traffic workloads.
• Drive best practices for security, error handling, and documentation.
• Support and mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews and pair programming.
• Collaborate across engineering teams to ensure APIs integrate seamlessly into broader platform services.
• Advocate for a strong internal developer experience and API-first mindset.

Skills and experience we value

• Working experience of designing APIs using the .NET (C#) framework with strong knowledge of object-oriented principles (SOLID) and experience applying them in practice, including asynchronous development and LINQ (5+ years).
• Acumen for analyzing business needs and identifying optimal solutions; experience in enterprise software development.
• A proven track record of developing high-quality code with strong testing (unit and automated), logging, and monitoring baked in.
• Good understanding of multi-threading, concurrency, and thread synchronization.
• Hands-on experience with cloud and delivery: Docker containers and CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps); experience deploying to a major cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP).
• Experience with event-driven architecture and systems (e.g., Kafka, Azure Service Bus) and caching (e.g., Redis).
• Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, OAuth, JWT, and API security best practices.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with API gateways, service meshes, or developer portal technologies.
• Ability to take large problems and break them down into smaller, manageable problems that can be solved incrementally.
• AI-accelerated engineering: demonstrated use of AI developer tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.) to increase velocity and quality—such as generating unit tests, assisting refactors, drafting PR summaries/runbooks, or composing queries/migrations. Be prepared to discuss measurable impact (cycle time, PR throughput, defect rate, coverage, or MTTR).

What would make you really stand out

• Workforce Management/HCM domain knowledge (time capture, complex pay rules, compliance, time-zone/DST edge cases).
• Working knowledge of other modern web technologies including: HTML5, CSS3, SVG, gRPC, GraphQL.
• Familiarity with feature flags/experimentation (e.g., LaunchDarkly) and trunk-based development.
• Experience integrating LLM capabilities into products (e.g., retrieval/RAG, prompt design, evaluation/guardrails).

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.

About the Salary Ranges

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.

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