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 BetterTM- 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 and can hire anywhere in the United States or Canada.
About The Opportunity
Reporting to the Director of Development – Platform Experience Technology (PXT), the UI Architect is part of a group of key technical leaders driving the vision for the Dayforce UI Platform. This involves designing and supporting the delivery of UI framework improvements, including the UI infrastructure and components (building blocks) used by all feature teams to build the Dayforce product. This team’s mission is to build the most robust, high performing, accessible and user-friendly framework that maximizes the efficiency of teams throughout Product & Technology. If you enjoy being at the forefront of cross-team initiatives, evangelizing the latest technologies & best practices, and driving change at scale, we would love to hear from you!
What You’ll Get To Do
- Carry out Research & Development activities to help shape long-term UI architecture strategy.
- Work across P&T teams on identifying opportunities to improve UI framework to maximize efficiency and quality.
- Design and recommend modern UI solutions that address requirements for scalability, reliability, security, performance, extensibility, and maintainability.
- Present and drive consensus across Platform team and Software Development leaders throughout Dayforce on key technical decisions pertaining to UI strategy.
- Devise actionable plans and UI roadmaps for transforming and modernizing UI platform and help the team with execution.
- Help provide an architectural vision for the Dayforce Design System and work on modern concepts around microfrontends, tooling, and analytics.
- Actively review existing code base to address defects & identify opportunities to optimize UI framework and improve quality.
- Produce detailed technical documents, diagrams, and other architectural artifacts.
- Stay up to date and champion the adoption of UI development and test automation best practices.
Skills And Experience We Value
- 10+ Years of experience in front-end web technologies (HTML5, modern JavaScript libraries)
- 4+ Years of technical leadership experience working with Platform teams, providing guidance, recommendations, and knowledge sharing
- Business acumen & understand impact of technical decisions on reliability, operational costs, and other aspects of the business
- Ability to understand complex dependencies in an enterprise environment, and plan cross-team activities to navigate dependencies
- Able to define and refine standards for component development, internal and 3rd party integrations appreciating the performance and security risks/gains
- Strong regard for application performance, scalability, and security best practices
- Experience in converging Mobile and Web UI technologies for seamless user experiences
- Understanding of User Experience (UX) best practices
- Familiarity with UI as a Service concepts
- Comfortable guarding UI component repository for design, development, integration, and maintenance
- Experience with Accessibility standards and compliance
- DevOps CI/CD experience with hosting and delivering npm packages
- Knowledgeable with Content Delivery Network (CDN)
- Strong team player, and able to thrive within a large global organization
- Hands on experience with agile methodologies and scrum practices
- Results driven, ability to get things done & inspire teams to build great solutions
- Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor senior software developers
- Ability to analyze complex issues and define new direction
- Excellent communication skills and ability to present to and collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strategic thinker: ability to come up with innovative and practical architectural solutions while maintaining compatibility with current state and Dayforce’s technology stack
- Forward thinking: continuously strive to improve tools, technology, and development practices
- Disciplined self-starter, capable of working independently or in close collaboration within an agile development team
- Intellectual curiosity, passion for solving hard problems, technology and knows how to have fun!
- Strong ability to work through ambiguity and changing requirements
What’s in it for you
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.
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