Junior Site Reliability Engineer - Dayforce US : Job Details

Posted Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM | Expires Saturday, July 26, 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: For this role, we are open to remote work and can hire anywhere in Great Britain.

About the Opportunity

Junior Site Reliability Engineers are engineers starting out their career and want experience in both development and operations.

Join the pioneering Site Reliability Engineering team at Dayforce, where we lead the charge in ensuring our state-of-the-art products set new benchmarks in scalability, availability, and reliability. We embrace the SRE engagement model to deliver exceptional performance. As a member of our team, you'll help build and maintain a suite of internal tools that proactively alert, report, and autonomously remediate Dayforce's environments, ensuring seamless service. We're committed to proactive solutions, crafting robust processes, empowering our talented developers with the latest technology, and engineering innovative remedies to prevent issues from recurring. If you're passionate about pushing the boundaries in site reliability engineering, join us at Dayforce and become part of a team that thrives on challenges and celebrates continuous improvement. Elevate your career with us and be a part of a transformative journey in the world of SRE.

Please note for the first 2 months of this role you will be working North American hours, after this initial 2 months you will move to UK office hours.

What you'll get to do

• Learn about Dayforce's cloud infrastructure and the applications that run on them to build a full mental model of how the Dayforce ecosystem works.
• Work on projects to improve SRE processes.
• Participate in incidents, assist in investigating root cause, and help remediate Dayforce environment issues.
• Develop trusted relationships with all parts of Dayforce's business.
• PagerDuty On-Call rotations as required.

Skills and Experience we Value

• Self-starter and passionate individual willing to learn new concepts and technologies as well as contributing to the SRE powered ecosystem.
• Experience with at least one object-oriented programming language (C# and Java preferred).
• Experience with at least one scripting language (Python and PowerShell preferred).
• Experience with at least one database engine and querying language (MSSQL / TSQL and Postgres / PLSQL preferred).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills are mandatory.
• Knowledge of containerization and Kubernetes is considered an asset but not required. #LI-REMOTE

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.

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