Software Developer in Test

Posted Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 5:00 AM | Expires Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 4:59 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 ™ - Reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally.

Reporting to the Development Manager, the Software Developer in Test is primarily responsible for ensuring the quality of deliverables throughout the agile development lifecycle.

This is a technical role requiring excellent coding skills and thorough understanding of coding practices. As a Software Developer in Test, you will collaborate with all stakeholders to create high quality test automation tools and solutions to drive highest product quality. By working closely with our QA Analyst, Business Analyst and Developers, you will understand the design, implementation and focus on complex scenarios aimed at delivering quality code to our large user base.

Aside from growing your technical skills, you will also develop deep technical expertise and gain valuable business and industry related experience.

• Actively participate in continuous quality improvements for the product and processes with automated testing.
• Design and develop strategic automated tests with focus on code readability and maintainability.
• Analyse test results, investigate, report and track product failures and improve the areas with higher defect trends.
• Grow your technical skills through continuous learning and test automation initiatives.
• Find ways to break the code and prevent issues.
• Ensure traceability between product requirements, delivered code and test case verification.
• Become a product expert in functional and technical knowledge in all areas.

• University degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Strong experience in enterprise software development
• Experience and knowledge in Object Oriented Programming using C# and Java
• Solid experience creating and maintaining test scripts using BDD / TDD automation frameworks, such as Fit Nesse, Spec Flow, Cucumber.
• Solid experience with Selenium Webdriver (not Selenium IDE).
• Experience in Test automation using Specflow/ BDD / Gherkin language and Cucumber.
• Excellent understanding to write testable code principles.
• Proficiency with SQL and an understanding of relational database system.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to work in a team setting with minimal supervision.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment and understanding of the QA role
• Good knowledge of internet technologies.
• Experience with Android automation testing using Appium is an advantage.
• Experience with performance testing is a plus.

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