1 day ago
Remote, Canada or Toronto, CanadaIntern
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and maintain software features and solutions with guidance from experienced engineers.
- Write readable, maintainable, and well-tested code and contribute to product enhancements and new capabilities.
- Participate in design, implementation, testing, code reviews, troubleshooting, technical discussions, and delivery.
- Develop and maintain automated unit, integration, and other software tests.
- Investigate defects and technical issues, contribute to root-cause analysis, and help resolve problems.
- Work with APIs, databases, cloud services, web applications, development tools, and team-specific technology stacks.
- Contribute to engineering practices, tooling, automation, code quality, and development process improvements.
- Help ensure software is reliably built, tested, and delivered through development and deployment pipelines.
- Collaborate with Software Developers, Test Engineers, Product Managers, UX Designers, and other partners.
- Learn new technologies and progressively take ownership of development tasks.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a degree or diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Programming experience through coursework, personal projects, internships, hackathons, open-source contributions, or other hands-on experience.
- Familiarity with one or more of C#, Java, Python, C++, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
- Understanding of programming fundamentals, object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving concepts.
- Basic understanding of relational databases and SQL.
- Familiarity with debugging, testing, and version control.
- Interest in web applications, APIs, cloud technologies, data platforms, automation, or AI.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, curiosity, willingness to learn, and effective communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within an agile development team.
- Preferred experience includes C#/.NET, Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, HTML, CSS, REST APIs, JSON, backend services, databases, cloud platforms, automated testing, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Databricks, Apache Spark, AI applications, LLM APIs, or enterprise software development.
Benefits
- Virtual work arrangement.
- Eight-month full-time internship from January 2027 through August 2027.
- Full-time availability of 37.5–40 hours per week is required.
- Access to Dayforce development programs, resources, mentorship, and experienced technical leaders.
- Opportunities to collaborate globally and across Engineering, Product, UX, Quality, Data, and other teams.
- Hands-on experience contributing to production software and solving real customer, product, and engineering problems.
- Exposure to modern engineering practices, architecture, cloud technologies, testing, data platforms, AI, and DevOps depending on team placement.
Tech Stack
Apache SparkAWSAzureC#C++CSSDatabricksDockerGitGoogle CloudHTMLJavaJavaScriptKubernetes.NETPythonReactSQLTypeScript
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About Ceridian
Ceridian, now operating as Dayforce, builds a cloud human capital management platform that unifies HR, payroll, talent, and workforce management for employers. It sells its software as a subscription and serves customers globally. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota (with a major presence in Toronto), the company traces the Dayforce brand to 2009 and is publicly traded on the NYSE after rebranding in 2024.