Senior Software Developer – AI Platform Engineering

Senior Software Developer – AI Platform Engineering

Req #24079

United States

Job description

Posted Sunday, 5 July 2026 at 7:00 pm | Expires Monday, 31 August 2026 at 6:59 pm

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.

*Due to security and compliance requirements, applicants must be either a U.S. Citizen or a current U.S. Green Card holder.*

About the opportunity

Dayforce is building a next-generation Agent Platform to power intelligent automation, AI-driven workflows, and tool-enabled execution across our product ecosystem.

We are seeking a Senior Software Developer to design and build core services that enable secure, scalable, and observable AI agent execution. This role focuses on deep technical implementation, platform reliability, and enabling other engineering teams to successfully integrate with Agent Platform capabilities.

The ideal candidate is a strong hands-on engineer who thrives in distributed systems environments and enjoys solving complex backend and infrastructure challenges.

What You’ll Do

Core Engineering

Design and implement production-grade backend services supporting AI-driven workflows

Contribute to execution orchestration, task routing, and tool invocation systems

Develop APIs and service contracts that are stable, extensible, and well-documented

Implement robust authentication, authorization, and secure execution patterns

Reliability & Observability

Build systems with strong logging, metrics, and tracing from the ground up

Improve system resilience, fault tolerance, and performance

Participate in production readiness, monitoring, and incident response processes

Platform Enablement

Collaborate with product and engineering teams integrating with the Agent Platform

Provide technical guidance on best practices and integration patterns

Contribute to reusable infrastructure components and developer tooling

Skills and experience we value

5–8+ years of experience building and operating distributed systems in production

Experience integrating large language models (LLMs) into applications or services

Strong backend development experience (TypeScript, C#, Go or similar)

Experience designing RESTful or event-driven APIs

Hands-on experience with containerized infrastructure (e.g., Kubernetes)

Strong understanding of secure service design and authentication patterns

Experience implementing observability practices (logging, metrics, tracing)

Demonstrated ownership of features from design through production

What would make you really stand out

Exposure to workflow orchestration, event-driven systems, or asynchronous processing

Familiarity with worker-based architectures or execution isolation models

Experience contributing to internal platforms or shared infrastructure services

Experience optimizing system performance and debugging distributed systems

Experience working with globally distributed teams

Success Profile

The ideal candidate

Is highly hands-on and comfortable working deep in the stack

Writes clean, maintainable, well-tested code

Thinks critically about system reliability and performance

Collaborates effectively across teams

Seeks to continuously improve platform quality and engineering standards

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.

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