Release Engineer
Dayforce
Software Engineering
United States
Posted on Aug 13, 2025
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™ - Reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally.
Location: Work is what you do, not where you go. For this role, we are open to remote work (Eastern or Central Time Zone, USA)
Must be a US Citizen
About The Opportunity
The Release Engineering team is the engine that powers our development lifecycle. We maintain the continuous delivery platform that enables hundreds of developers to ship our microservice-based architecture with speed, safety, and confidence.
We are looking for a motivated Release Engineer to join our team and help enhance our cloud-native CI/CD ecosystem. In this role, you will be at the heart of our engineering operations, supporting and improving the build-and-deploy workflows that are critical to our business. Collaborating closely with Architecture, Operations, and product development teams, you will help implement best practices in platform automation and directly contribute to how our software is delivered. If you are passionate about building and maintaining reliable delivery pipelines, we invite you to apply.
What You'll Get Do
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.
About The Salary Ranges
Please note that the salary range mentioned in this job description should serve simply as a guide. The final compensation offered may vary based on a variety of factors, including bonuses and/or incentives, or a candidate’s experience, skills, budget and location. Our company is committed to providing a fair, equitable, and competitive package that reflects the value an individual brings to the organization.
Fraudulent Recruiting
Beware of fraudulent recruiting. Legitimate Dayforce contacts will use an @dayforce.com email address. We do not request money, checks, equipment orders, or sensitive personal data during the recruitment process. If you have been asked for any of the above, or believe you have been contacted by someone posing as a Dayforce employee, please refer to our fraudulent recruiting statement found here: https://www.dayforce.com/be-aware-of-recruiting-fraud
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™ - Reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally.
Location: Work is what you do, not where you go. For this role, we are open to remote work (Eastern or Central Time Zone, USA)
Must be a US Citizen
About The Opportunity
The Release Engineering team is the engine that powers our development lifecycle. We maintain the continuous delivery platform that enables hundreds of developers to ship our microservice-based architecture with speed, safety, and confidence.
We are looking for a motivated Release Engineer to join our team and help enhance our cloud-native CI/CD ecosystem. In this role, you will be at the heart of our engineering operations, supporting and improving the build-and-deploy workflows that are critical to our business. Collaborating closely with Architecture, Operations, and product development teams, you will help implement best practices in platform automation and directly contribute to how our software is delivered. If you are passionate about building and maintaining reliable delivery pipelines, we invite you to apply.
What You'll Get Do
- Maintain & Improve CI/CD Pipelines: Support and enhance the automated build, test, and deployment workflows for our microservices on Microsoft Azure to ensure reliable and timely releases.
- Contribute to Standardized Tooling: Utilize and contribute to reusable templates and tools that standardize the software delivery lifecycle, helping developers to work more efficiently.
- Implement Security & Compliance Checks: Help integrate automated security scanning and compliance checks into the development pipeline to support our goal of keeping all releases secure.
- Support Cloud-Native Best Practices: Assist service teams in their adoption of cloud-native patterns for containerization (Kubernetes), secrets management, and observability within the Azure ecosystem.
- Monitor & Troubleshoot: Monitor CI/CD platform health and workflow performance, troubleshoot build and deployment issues, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
- Document & Assist: Create clear documentation for processes and standards, and provide day-to-day support to developers using the CI/CD platform.
- Experience in automating build and release processes, preferably within a microservices environment.
- Solid scripting ability in at least one language (e.g., Python, Bash, Go) applied to workflow automation.
- Hands-on experience with modern CI/CD orchestration platforms such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins.
- Working knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies, including Kubernetes and Helm.
- Familiarity with cloud-native infrastructure on Microsoft Azure (Azure Kubernetes Service, IAM, Container Registry, etc.) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform.
- A good understanding of Git-based source control and common branching strategies.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to communicate clearly and partner with internal engineering teams.
- Experience with GitOps principles and tools such as Argo CD or Flux.
- A background in database release automation.
- Prior experience working in an Agile environment (Scrum or Kanban).
- Exposure to application migration projects (e.g., monolith to microservices).
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.
About The Salary Ranges
Please note that the salary range mentioned in this job description should serve simply as a guide. The final compensation offered may vary based on a variety of factors, including bonuses and/or incentives, or a candidate’s experience, skills, budget and location. Our company is committed to providing a fair, equitable, and competitive package that reflects the value an individual brings to the organization.
Fraudulent Recruiting
Beware of fraudulent recruiting. Legitimate Dayforce contacts will use an @dayforce.com email address. We do not request money, checks, equipment orders, or sensitive personal data during the recruitment process. If you have been asked for any of the above, or believe you have been contacted by someone posing as a Dayforce employee, please refer to our fraudulent recruiting statement found here: https://www.dayforce.com/be-aware-of-recruiting-fraud