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.

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 A Development Manager builds and leads a high performing team that delivers great software to our customers. To thrive in this role, you have a proven technical background, work well in teams, and enjoy collaborating. The successful candidate will be comfortable talking about features with Product Managers or talking technical solutions and implementation details with Developers.

What You’ll Get To Do

• Promote strong ownership and collaboration to increase productivity and engagement
• Evangelize good design and best practices, fostering excellence within the team
• Define the long-term vision for the team, aligned to company strategic and tactical goals
• Translate project goals and roadmaps into organized technical tasks
• Provide guidance and direction to overcome obstacles and keep initiatives moving forward
• Coach the team in their Agile software development journey and decision-making
• Coach and mentor team members through technical design sessions, code reviews, and pair programming
• Guide teams on the effective use of emerging AI technologies and industry practices
• Provide technical guidance and support in resolving critical production issues
• Guide the quality control process and test automation roadmap, ensuring high quality
• Provide leadership, coaching, and career development to individual contributors and technical professionals within the cross-functional team
• Lead the hiring process for new team members, ensuring a strong and cohesive team
• Collaborate successfully with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver new capabilities
• Cultivate a deep understanding of the application portfolio that we build

Skills And Experience We Value

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
• Experience in an Enterprise Software development company
• Experience developing high-performant and scalable systems
• Experience building and leading high-performing engineering teams
• Experience evaluating and leveraging AI-assisted development tools
• Experience with object-oriented programming languages such as Java, C#
• Experience with modern web technologies, such as Angular, React, Vue
• Experience with Agile, test automation and best practices, builds and deployments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong business and technical vision
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

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.

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.

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