Dayforce Consultant - Associate Staff Engineer

Associate Staff Engineer, Dayforce Consultant

Company Description

👋🏼We're Nagarro.

We are a Digital Product Engineering company that is scaling in a big way! We build products, services, and experiences that inspire, excite, and delight. We work at scale — across all devices and digital mediums, and our people exist everywhere in the world (17700+ experts across 39 countries, to be exact). Our work culture is dynamic and non-hierarchical. We're looking for great new colleagues. That's where you come in!

Job Description

REQUIREMENTS:

• Total Experience 5+ years  
• Hands-on experience working with Ceridian Dayforce across multiple modules.
• Strong functional knowledge of HR, Payroll, Time & Attendance, and Workforce Management processes.
• Proven experience with Dayforce configuration, workflows, pay policies, scheduling, and security.
• Experience supporting Dayforce integrations (APIs, SFTP, imports/exports, XML/JSON).
• Solid understanding of HR/Payroll data structures, compliance requirements, and audit practices.
• Experience managing end-to-end delivery including requirements gathering, configuration, testing, and production support.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Dayforce certification(s) preferred.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Writing and reviewing great quality code
• Configure, maintain, and support Ceridian Dayforce HCM modules including Core HCM, Payroll, Time & Attendance, Workforce Management, Benefits, and Recruiting.
• Analyze business requirements in collaboration with HR, Payroll, Benefits, Operations, and IT stakeholders.
• Translate business needs into effective Dayforce configurations, workflows, pay rules, schedules, and security roles.
• Lead or support Dayforce implementations, module rollouts, enhancements, and new feature enablement.
• Troubleshoot functional and technical issues, ensuring timely resolution and minimal business impact.
• Support ongoing system maintenance, upgrades, and Dayforce release management activities.
• Design, maintain, and support integrations between Dayforce and external systems using APIs, SFTP, and file-based interfaces.
• Perform data loads, audits, reconciliations, and validations to ensure data accuracy and compliance.
• Develop and maintain Dayforce reports, dashboards, and analytics to support operational and leadership needs.
• Conduct regression testing, support UAT, and assist with production deployments.
• Create and maintain detailed documentation for configurations, processes, and change requests.
• Provide functional and technical guidance, training, and knowledge transfer to internal teams and end users.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Experience Level

Mid Level