Release Engineer

Posted Friday, May 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM | Expires Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 3:59 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 promise - Makes Work Life Better TM - Reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally. Location: The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in a hybrid environment; working remote as well as at the closest office location About the opportunity As part of the Release Engineering team, Developer Experience, you will be responsible for defining and improving the software delivery process & platform for Dayforce, a comprehensive, modern cloud human capital management (HCM)software or managing the entire employee lifecycle, and other Dayforce-related products. The Release Engineering team at Dayforce strives to drive improvement and build the common development platform across the entire company by enabling development teams to work more efficiently and safely, deliver value to customers faster, and continuously learn and improve. We aim to bridge the gap between Development and Operations by incorporating the DevOps philosophy and practices in our daily work and teaching others by example. We use our curiosity and passion for improvement to keep abreast of new techniques and technologies that will help us refine how we deliver high-quality software to our users. If you feel as passionately about this mission as we do, then apply to join us. What you'll get to do Architect and maintain build and deployment systems to facilitate continuous integration and delivery for rapid releases Own and manage the release process with a focus on low lead time and high safety Monitor and analyze build and release processes and identify areas for improvement Establish standards and practices to support development teams in building robust, maintainable release pipelines Developing turn-key solutions& platforms to create full-featured release pipelines for development teams Collaborate with development teams to develop standard cloud-native architectures Work with and educate development teams on the use of build, release, and source control systems Train development teams to use cloud-native infrastructure and the resources available in Azure Develop common development platform, including workflow, tools and processes to improve developer productivity and to increase application observability Drive investigation and adoption of new and emerging software delivery practices, architectures, and tools Manage and organize source code structure to increase maintainability and ease of deployment Contribute and support to company wide projects and initiative as needed Collaborate with Architecture, Operations and Support teams to find opportunities for improvement in the common development platform Skills and experience we value Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills Strong analytical, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills Experience automating build and deployment processes for applications ranging from large and monolithic tomicroservices Experience with Azure and cloud-native architecture Experience with Infrastructure as Code and tools such as Terraform Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle and application delivery processes Experience with source control management practices and advanced branching techniques(Git and TFS) Experience with Azure DevOps Builds and Release Pipelines or comparable alternatives such as Jenkins and Octopus Deploy Working experience with PowerShell, C# and the .NET Framework/Core Strong focus on customer satisfaction and support internal customers Extensive experience in enterprise, SaaS software development and/or operations Strong understanding of DevOps practices and techniques What would make you really stand out Experience with or desire to work in an agile development environment (Scrum) Experience transitioning applications from a monolithic architecture to microservices Experience with Docker, Kubernetes or similar container orchestration platforms Extensive experience developing with PowerShell or C# 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. Fraudulent Recruiting Beware of fraudulent recruiting. Legitimate Dayforce contacts will use an @ or @ email address. We do not request money, checks, equipment orders, or sensitive personal data during the recruitment process. 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