[Hiring] Senior Software Developer - AI-Native .NET/Azure (Cloud Platform) @Dayforce

Role Description

The Dayforce Tax and Payments (DTP+) Product Engineering team is building the industry's next generation of Tax and Financial Services — a cloud-native, microservices-based platform on Azure that is replacing a decade-old monolithic system and handling hundreds of billions of dollars in tax liability and fund movement annually.

This is not a role for someone planning to adopt AI tooling someday. We are looking for engineers who are already working AI-natively — developers who reach for Copilot, Claude, or an LLM API the same way they reach for a compiler. You use AI to write, review, test, and reason about code every day. That is the baseline. What we want to build on top of that baseline is deep platform engineering skill, strong fundamentals, and the kind of technical judgment that comes from having shipped real things.

As a Senior Software Developer on a DTP+ scrum team, you will:

• Design and deliver platform features across the Collections, Payments, Customer Profile, Agency Compliance, and eFile services.
• Work directly with Architects, Product Managers, and peer developers to shape technically sound, well-engineered solutions for a platform that North American employers and regulators depend on.

If you are a senior or lead engineer who takes pride in clean code, thinks carefully about system design, and is genuinely excited about the shift to AI-augmented software delivery — we want to talk.

What you'll get to do:

• Design and deliver highly scalable, event-driven microservices features across the DTP+ platform — from data ingestion through fund movement and compliance filing.
• Work AI-natively every day — use AI coding tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, or equivalent) as a primary productivity layer for feature development, code review, and debugging.
• Integrate LLM APIs and AI patterns where they add genuine product value — including calling Azure OpenAI or equivalent APIs, building prompt chains, and applying RAG patterns to real features.
• Contribute to the team's AI practices — share what works, help teammates level up on AI-assisted testing and code review, and bring new patterns to the scrum team's workflow.
• Drive design and code reviews, ensuring solutions are clean, testable, performant, and consistent with platform conventions.
• Write high-quality unit, integration, and regression tests — including AI-generated test suites where appropriate.
• Mentor fellow developers on software engineering fundamentals, clean code principles, and AI-augmented development practices.
• Build working proof-of-concepts and make concrete technology recommendations to improve scalability, maintainability, and quality.
• Participate in Product discussions to advise on and influence the DTP+ roadmap.
• Take ownership of development initiatives end-to-end — design, implement, test, ship, and support.

Qualifications

• AI-Native Development — Must Have
• Daily, hands-on use of AI coding tools — GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, or equivalent.
• Experience integrating LLM APIs (Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, or equivalent).
• Working knowledge of RAG design patterns and prompt engineering.
• Familiarity with tool-calling and MCP integration patterns.
• AI-assisted testing practices.

Requirements

• Strong object-oriented design and programming skills in C# / .NET / .NET Core (primary) or Java.
• Proficiency with SQL on modern relational databases.
• Hands-on experience applying design patterns, writing comprehensive unit and integration tests.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture.
• Production experience building and deploying services on Microsoft Azure.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka or Confluent Cloud.
• Docker and Kubernetes experience.
• NoSQL databases experience.
• CI/CD pipelines as code using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or equivalent.
• Experience designing and implementing REST and/or gRPC APIs.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• 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.
• Opportunities for community impact and personal growth.