Staff Database Engineer

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🗽 New York – Remote

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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) that provides payroll, HR, workforce management, time & attendance, benefits administration, and talent management in a unified SaaS application for employers. It’s designed as an enterprise-focused, B2B solution for managing employee lifecycle and payroll compliance.

📋 Description

• Lead the architectural design and technical decision-making process for core data platform components. • Design, develop, and implement complex features and enhancements within SQL Server and MongoDB. • Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define requirements and translate them into technical specifications. • Mentor and guide junior engineers, providing technical expertise, code reviews, and best practices to foster professional growth. • Evaluate SQL and MongoDB environments and produce/execute plans to evolve the data architecture/infrastructure of our platform. • Lead the evaluation and modernization of legacy ETL-style, batch, and synchronization workflows. • Define scalable approaches for data pipeline architecture and orchestration. • Partner with application, product, and analytics teams to improve data exchange.

🎯 Requirements

• BS in Computer Science or related technical discipline or equivalent practical experience required. Advanced degrees are a plus. • 10+ years’ professional experience in software engineering with deep Microsoft SQL Server expertise; experience with PostgreSQL and MongoDB is a plus. • Strong proficiency in database internals, query optimization, and performance tuning. • Deep expertise in SQL/T-SQL programming, database design principles, and data modeling. • Solid understanding of SaaS, distributed systems, scalability, and high availability concepts. • Experience with Python, C/C++, C#, or other relevant programming languages. • Previous experience in a technical leadership or mentoring role is highly desirable. • Microsoft certifications related to SQL Server are a plus. • Experience designing, implementing, or modernizing ETL/ELT workflows, batch processing, synchronization services, or application-integrated data pipelines.