Senior Software Engineer (Java, MS SQL, React)

About the role

Dayforce, a global human capital management (HCM) company, is looking for a Senior Software Engineer who can own medium-to-large features end-to-end, mentor teammates and make pragmatic technical decisions. The role works across Java, MS SQL Server and React to deliver scalable, accessible experiences.

Key responsibilities

• Own feature development end-to-end (Java to MS SQL to React), from design to production
• Translate product goals into technical plans, de-risk unknowns early and manage scope
• Lead design discussions, defining APIs, data models and module boundaries
• Champion testing strategy (unit, integration, e2e) and observability
• Tune MS SQL Server performance (index strategies, query plans, stored procedures)
• Advance the React codebase with modern patterns and accessibility best practices
• Improve CI/CD pipelines, developer tooling and build/release hygiene
• Mentor other engineers through pairing and code reviews
• Contribute to incident response and postmortems

Required profile

• 5+ years of professional software development with strong Java and React experience
• Proficiency with MS SQL Server and measurable performance improvements in past work
• Track record of owning features end-to-end and making sound engineering trade-offs
• Strong system design, debugging across the stack and CI/CD experience
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and improving team practices

Required skills

• Backend: Java (modern frameworks), RESTful services, authentication and authorization
• Database: MS SQL Server, indexing, stored procedures, migrations
• Frontend: React (TypeScript preferred), component-driven development, accessibility
• Tools: GitHub, CI/CD, automated testing, feature flags, monitoring/logging, containers (plus), AWS (plus)
• Nice to have: domain-driven design, eventing or microservices, deep TypeScript, WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility, OWASP security, payroll/HCM background