Vice President, Engineering

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Dayforce

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5001 - 10000 employees

👥 HR Tech

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $1G Post-IPO Debt - Dayforce on 2024-03

HR Tech • SaaS • Enterprise

Dayforce is a cloud-based human capital management (HCM) platform developed by Ceridian. It provides an integrated SaaS application for payroll, HR, benefits, workforce management (time & attendance and scheduling), and talent management, aimed at employers and HR teams. Dayforce is marketed as a B2B solution for mid-market and enterprise organizations seeking unified HR and payroll functionality.

📋 Description

• The Vice President, Engineering provides strategic and operational leadership for software engineering, data architecture, and next-generation development platforms. • Lead the strategy and execution for a modern domain and data model that supports product scalability, operational efficiency, and AI-enabled use cases. • Oversee the evolution of legacy data environments into an integrated ecosystem of structured, unstructured, blob, and vector-based data architectures. • Define and operationalize a modern engineering model in which human engineers and AI agents work together effectively. • Establish rigorous engineering, testing, release, and quality assurance practices that support the speed of AI-assisted development. • Partner closely with product leadership to align architecture, platform investments, and engineering priorities with business goals, client needs, and product roadmaps. • Collaborate with security and compliance leaders to ensure platforms, pipelines, and engineering practices are secure, resilient, and aligned with applicable healthcare, privacy, and quality requirements. • Act as a key technical voice with executive leadership and, when appropriate, the Board, translating complex engineering, data, and AI concepts into clear business implications, opportunities, and risks. • Recruit, coach, and retain strong engineering and data leaders.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred. • 15+ years of progressive experience in software engineering and technology leadership, including a demonstrated track record of scaling high-performing teams and leading complex enterprise transformation initiatives. • Deep expertise in data architecture and data platform design, including practical understanding of relational, unstructured, blob, and vector-based data models and the trade-offs involved in applying them to enterprise software and AI-enabled solutions. • Significant experience leading large-scale technology and data initiatives in Microsoft Azure environments, including services such as Azure Data Lake, Synapse, Purview, and Cosmos DB. • Demonstrated success partnering with product leaders to balance platform modernization, technical debt reduction, and timely delivery of customer-facing capabilities. • Experience implementing modern software development practices, including AI-assisted engineering, intelligent automation, or emerging agentic development approaches. • Strong understanding of enterprise security, privacy, and compliance requirements, with experience partnering closely with security or SecOps leaders to deliver compliant, scalable solutions. • Experience in regulated industries such as healthcare, life sciences, or clinical research strongly preferred.

🏖️ Benefits

• Travel Requirements: Minimal