Software Developer Sr

Dayforce; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life insu

401k plan (plus match)

Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Unlimited Time Away From Work

10 paid US holidays

Up to 80 hours of paid sick time

17 weeks of paid parental leave

Volunteer days / Dayforce Cares

Job summary

Dayforce is seeking a Senior Software Developer to join the Platform Extensibility team and help evolve the Dayforce Workflow platform. You will build scalable backend services and extensible APIs within a multi-tenant SaaS environment, enabling teams to move faster and reduce duplication.

In a full-stack role with a strong backend focus, you will drive AI-enabled orchestration, distributed systems, and cloud patterns, while mentoring teammates and raising the engineering bar.

Qualifications

• Experience with AI-enabled orchestration and enterprise-grade apps.
• Strong C#/.NET production-grade development experience.
• Experience designing scalable backend services and reusable platform capabilities.
• Proficiency with Azure and modern cloud development patterns.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging across backend systems and distributed services.
• Ability to communicate clearly across technical and leadership levels.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve core Dayforce Workflow capabilities.
• Contribute to AI-enabled orchestration and intelligent automation initiatives.
• Design and build scalable backend services and extensible APIs.
• Improve the scalability, reliability, and performance of high-volume workflow systems.
• Drive engineering standards and operational excellence through modern practices.
• Mentor teammates and contribute to technical leadership across the team.

Skills

AI-enabled workflows

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Claude Code

C#/.NET

Backend design

SQL Server

Azure

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Observability

Logging

Communication

Debugging

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Claude Code

Job description

Posted Friday, August 7, 2026 at 5:00 AM | Expires Thursday, October 8, 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 ™ - Reflects our co mmitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally.

About the Opportunity

Help modernize and scale the workflow platform behind Dayforce.

We’re looking for a Senior Software Developer to join the Dayforce Platform Extensibility team and help evolve one of the most critical systems in Dayforce: Workflow. Our mission is to build scalable, extensible platform capabilities that reduce duplication and enable teams to move faster.

At the heart of what we build is the Dayforce Workflow platform—a scalable, rule-based workflow orchestration engine powering employee lifecycle processes across a multi-tenant SaaS platform used by millions globally.

We’re evolving Workflow into a reusable platform service with extensible APIs that support workflow capabilities across multiple Dayforce domains. As part of that evolution, we’re also investing in AI-enabled orchestration and intelligent automation experiences integrated directly into the platform.

This is a platform engineering role focused on solving complex challenges at enterprise scale—evolving foundational systems, building extensible platform capabilities, and shaping the future of workflow orchestration across Dayforce.

This is a full-stack role with a strong backend focus, where the most impactful work involves distributed systems, platform architecture, scalability, and backend engineering.

What You'll Get to Do

• Own and evolve core capabilities within the Dayforce Workflow platform.
• Contribute to AI-enabled orchestration and intelligent automation initiatives, leveraging AI as a force multiplier to evolve workflow capabilities and developer productivity across Dayforce.
• Design and build scalable backend services, extensible APIs, and orchestration capabilities.
• Improve the scalability, reliability, and performance of high-volume workflow systems.
• Drive technical design, engineering standards, and operational excellence through modern development practices, observability, maintainability, and platform-focused architecture.
• Mentor teammates, contribute to technical leadership, and help raise the engineering bar across the team.

Skills and Experience We Value

AI & Modern Development Tooling

• Hands-on experience building or prototyping AI-enabled applications, agents, or orchestration workflows using LLMs and modern AI frameworks.
• Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or equivalent as part of day-to-day development workflows and as a practical force multiplier for teams.
• Strong experience building and maintaining production-grade enterprise applications with C#/.NET.
• Experience designing scalable backend services, extensible APIs, and reusable platform capabilities.
• Strong SQL Server expertise, including performance tuning, query optimization, concurrency, and troubleshooting at scale.
• Experience building distributed, high-volume systems with a focus on scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Practical experience with Azure and modern cloud development patterns.
• Ability to communicate with clarity across all levels—from technical design discussions with engineers to translating platform strategy and trade-offs for leadership.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills across backend systems, distributed services, and platform infrastructure.
• Experience with modern development practices, CI/CD workflows, observability, structured logging, and operational reliability.
• Strong engineering judgment—balancing scalability, maintainability, platform evolution, and pragmatic delivery.

What Would Make You Stand Out

• Experience building or evolving workflow orchestration platforms or similar enterprise platform capabilities.
• Experience developing reusable platform services and extensible APIs that support multiple product domains.
• Experience applying AI-enabled orchestration or intelligent automation within enterprise software.
• Experience providing technical leadership and mentoring engineers while remaining hands-on with development.

What’s in it for you

• medical, dental, vison, and life insurance
• a 401k plan (plus match)
• a Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• unlimited Time Away FromWork (in lieu of accrued vacation time)
• 10 paid US holidays
• up to 80 hours of paid sick time
• 17 weeks of paid parental leave, subject to the terms of the applicable policy or program.
• 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.