Dayforce, a global leader in Human Capital Management (HCM) with headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, operates across North America, EMEA, and APJ regions. Our Cloud HCM platform, recognized for its unified database and continuous calculation engine, enhances efficiency, productivity, and compliance for global workforces. We are committed to "Making Work Life Better™" for employees, customers, and partners worldwide.
As an Intern at Dayforce, you’ll gain real-world experience with meaningful responsibilities, access to development programs, and the chance to collaborate globally, bringing new ideas and optimizing processes across multiple business units.
Job Title: Site Reliability Engineer Intern
Location: Virtual
Duration: Winter 2027 – 8 months (January 2027 – August 2027)
Availability: *Full-time availability of 37.5 – 40 hours weekly is required to be eligible for this opportunity.
Benefits for Students:
- Experience working for one of the fastest growing Human Capital Management technology companies in the world
- Access to Dayforce’s development programs and resources
- Ability to work with as well as create relationships with members across the globe
- Autonomy to bring forth new ideas and optimize existing structures within the organization
- Meaningful responsibilities, enabling you to obtain ‘real-world’ experience
- Dynamic hands-on exposure to multiple business-units and stakeholders across Dayforce
About the opportunity:
We are looking for a motivated Software Developer / Site Reliability Engineer Intern to join our engineering team and work on software reliability, automation, observability, and operational improvements. The role will provide hands-on experience with enterprise-scale systems while exploring modern technologies and AI-powered development tools.
What you’ll get to do:
- Improve system reliability, observability, monitoring, logging, and alerting across engineering services.
- Analyze application and system issues, troubleshoot failures, and help identify root causes.
- Develop automation and tools to reduce manual operational effort and improve engineering efficiency.
- Support CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and operational workflows.
- Help identify reliability risks and implement improvements to system resilience and performance.
- Build dashboards, metrics, and health checks to improve visibility into system and application health.
- Support production issue investigation and participate in root-cause analysis and follow-up improvements.
- Explore and apply AI-powered development tools and AI agents to improve engineering and operational productivity.
- Work closely with developers, Cloud Operations, and other engineering teams to improve reliability and adoption of engineering solutions.
Skills and experience we value:
- Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Familiarity with at least one programming language such as C#, Java, Python.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Interest in SRE, cloud technologies, automation, observability, and distributed systems.
- Willingness to learn, investigate problems, and work collaboratively.
What would really make you stand out:
- Experience with Git, SQL, REST APIs, automated testing, or CI/CD.
- Hands-on experience using AI coding tools or AI development platforms.
- Experience building AI agents, AI-powered applications, or automation using LLMs/APIs.
- Personal, academic, or previous internship software development experience.
- Exposure to cloud technologies and modern developer tools.
What you’ll gain:
- Hands-on experience working on a real enterprise software product.
- Mentorship from experienced engineers.
- Exposure to production systems and software development lifecycle.
- Opportunities to develop your coding, debugging, testing, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience applying AI tools and emerging technologies to software development.
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.
Artificial intelligence may be used in the screening, assessment, or selection of applicants for this position.
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Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field; familiarity with C#, Java, or Python; interest in SRE, cloud technologies, automation, observability, and distributed systems; full-time availability of 37.5-40 hours weekly.
Key Responsibilities
- improving system reliability
- developing automation
- supporting CI/CD pipelines
Skills & Tools
C#, Java, Python, Git, SQL, REST APIs
Job Details
- Category: Software Development
- Seniority: No Prior Experience Required
- Commitment: Full Time, Internship
- Workplace: Remote — Canada or Toronto
- Languages: English
About Dayforce
A global leader in Human Capital Management technology, providing a cloud HCM platform to enhance efficiency and compliance for global workforces. — Industry: Information Technology