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Principal Engineer - Retail Systems
lululemon
Vancouver, BC
- Full-time
As a Principal Engineer, you will define the technical vision and implementation approach for major technology initiatives across lululemon’s global retail systems landscape. You will serve…
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Principal AI Software Engineer
Mphasis
Toronto, ON
- Full-time
We are seeking a hands-on AI Engineer / Generative AI Developer to design, develop, test, and deploy enterprise AI applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The ideal candidate will have…
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Principal Data & AI Engineer
General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada
Ottawa, ON
- $140,000 to $170,000 CAD / year
- Full-time
The Principal Data & AI Engineer will be responsible for establishing and maturing our enterprise data engineering capability, defining architecture and integration patterns, and leading…
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Principal Engineer, Data Path / Metadata / Performance (StorageGRID)
NetApp, Inc.
Vancouver, BC
…exponential growth of AI data lakes, analytics, and exabyte-scale enterprise data. As a Principal Engineer for Datapath / Performance, you will own the architecture and technical direction…
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Principal Data & AI Engineer
General Dynamics Missions System International
Ottawa, ON
- $140,000 to $170,000 CAD / year
- Full-time
The Principal Data & AI Engineer will be responsible for establishing and maturing our enterprise data engineering capability, defining architecture and integration patterns, and leading…
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Staff Al Engineer, AI Governance Platform
RBC
Toronto, ON
- Full-time
This is an opportunity to contribute to building the reviewer experience for AI governance at enterprise scale. As Staff Engineer for AI Governance UI & Reviewer Experience, you'll help…
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Principal Software Engineer - Zynque
Fulfillment IQ
Toronto, ON
- Full-time
Job Title: Principal Software Engineer - Zynque
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Principal Engineer
Tundra Technical Solutions
Markham, ON
- $90 to $105 CAD / hour
- Contract
Our client is seeking a senior, hands-on Principal Software Engineer to help shape and deliver the next generation of its enterprise technology landscape.
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Principal Software Engineer - Zynque
Fulfillment IQ
Toronto, ON
- Full-time
Job Title: Principal Software Engineer - Zynque
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Principal Engineer, Electrical
Glencore Canada
Sparwood, BC
- $153,000 to $189,000 CAD / year
- Full-time
Reporting to the Director, Maintenance, the Principal Engineer, Electrical will be central authority responsible for electrical governance, standards and compliance across all EVR assets.…
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Principal Software Engineer- RMJ (AI Accelerated)
Redwood Software
ON
- $150,000 to $170,000 CAD / year
System Architecture & Design: Lead the design and implementation of large-scale distributed systems, focusing on resilience, low-latency, and fault tolerance within the Java ecosystem.
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Senior Network & Wireless Consultant (CCIE Wireless)
Compucom Staffing
Toronto, ON
- Full-time
…join their team hybrid in Toronto, ON. This role will lead the design, implementation, optimization, and support of complex enterprise networking environments across multiple customer…
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Développeur Logiciel Principal.e, Plan de Contrôle - Laboratoire d'IA Souveraine
Mila - Institut québécois d'intelligence artificielle
Montreal, QC
- Full-time
As Staff Software Engineer, Control Plane, you will own the software through which administrators configure, govern, and understand the assembled stack. Reporting to the Senior Director of…
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Principal Front-Office Trading Integration Engineer - Vice President - Java, Talend, Kafka, ETL - Charles River Development -
State Street
Toronto, ON
- Full-time
Principal Front-Office Trading Integration Engineer / Principal Consultants you will be assessing client needs and utilizing technical expertise to identify solutions which are in alignment…
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Principal Front-Office Trading Integration Engineer - Vice President - Java, Talend, Kafka, ETL - Charles River Development -
Charles River Development
Toronto, ON
- Full-time
Principal Front-Office Trading Integration Engineer / Principal Consultants you will be assessing client needs and utilizing technical expertise to identify solutions which are in alignment…
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Data Analyst, Principal
Dayforce
Canada
As a Principal Data Analyst, you are a highly analytical, technically strong, forward-thinking problem solver who thrives on turning data into strategic insight and building modern decision…
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Staff Software Engineer – AI
Thomson Reuters
Toronto, ON
- Full-time
You will design and build C#/.NET backend and distributed systems and use Python to develop and integrate AI/ML capabilities, including large language model (LLM)-powered applications, AI…
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Principal AI Engineer
Royal Bank of Canada
Calgary, AB
- Full-time
We are looking for a Principle AI Engineer to drive the development of Data engineering solutions on RBC’s Enterprise Data and AI Hybrid Multi-cloud Platforms, that meet the strategic data…
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Lead Full-Stack GenAI Developer (Contractor)
KData AI
Toronto, ON
- Full-time
…the end-to-end hands-on build, integration, and deployment of enterprise GenAI and Agentic AI applications. Partnering closely with our Principal AI Solution Architect, you will own the…
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Principal AI Engineer
RBC
Calgary, AB
- Full-time
We are looking for a Principle AI Engineer to drive the development of Data engineering solutions on RBC’s Enterprise Data and AI Hybrid Multi-cloud Platforms, that meet the strategic data…
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Cloud Security Architect
Affinity
Vancouver, BC
- Contract
The consultant will define and maintain target-state cloud security architecture and roadmap; design secure identity, network, logging, data protection and resilience patterns; develop…
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Senior Customer Engineer, Named - Toronto Canada
Cloudflare
Toronto, ON
The Customer Engineer (CE) is the core driver of our technical go-to-market strategy: a trusted technical advisor and primary architect of the customer journey. You will bridge the gap…
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Principal Software Engineer - Zynque
Fulfillment IQ
Toronto, ON
- Full-time
Job Title: Principal Software Engineer - Zynque
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Principal Software Engineer (IAM)
Black Duck
Calgary, AB
- Full-time
Black Duck is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to serve as a technical leader for the company's identity, authentication, authorization, and access management platforms. This role will…
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Senior Product Manager, PolicyCenter
Guidewire Software
Canada
- Full-time
Prior experience as an engineer, solutions architect, business analyst, or implementation consultant on core insurance systems.

Dayforce

Data Analyst, Principal

Canada

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Job details

Apply by: Nov 27, 2026
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 1, 2026

Original job description

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.

About the opportunity

As a Principal Data Analyst, you are a highly analytical, technically strong, forward-thinking problem solver who thrives on turning data into strategic insight and building modern decision products. You will play a pivotal role within the Decision Intelligence team, combining deep analytical expertise with hands-on technical skills to solve complex business problems using enterprise data, business intelligence, artificial intelligence (AI), and automation.

This is a hands-on technical role with significant visibility across the organization. You will work directly with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders while personally designing and building analytical solutions - ranging from enterprise semantic models and Power BI experiences to AI-powered applications and agents. Your work will directly influence strategic decisions and help evolve how the enterprise consumes data, insights, and AI.

What you'll get to do

Promote Data-Driven Decision-Making: Translate ambiguous business questions into analytical solutions that go beyond stated needs - proactively surfacing insights, root causes, opportunities, and recommended actions that guide executive strategy and operational excellence.
Build Modern Decision Products: Personally design and build analytical products ranging from scalable semantic models and advanced Power BI experiences to AI-powered analytical applications and agents. Select the appropriate interface and technology based on the business problem rather than defaulting to traditional dashboards.
Build AI-Powered Analytical Solutions: Design, prototype, build, and help productionize AI-enabled analytical applications and agents that combine enterprise data, semantic context, large language models (LLMs), APIs, and tools to answer business questions, generate insights, and automate analytical workflows.
Collaborate Across the Business: Partner with leaders in designated departments and other domains to define key metrics, interpret performance results, understand business context, and connect analytics and AI solutions to financial, operational, customer, and growth objectives.
Engineer Trusted Analytical Foundations: Build and maintain reliable data models, metric definitions, semantic models, and analytical logic. Troubleshoot data gaps and partner with data engineering and governance teams to strengthen data quality, lineage, consistency, and trust.
Apply Practical AI and Automation: Identify high-value opportunities for AI and automation, then move beyond ideation to working solutions. Apply techniques such as tool/function calling, structured outputs, retrieval and grounding, context engineering, and agentic workflows where they provide measurable business value.
Evaluate for Accuracy and Reliability: Develop practical approaches to test and monitor AI-enabled analytical solutions, including grounding, hallucination and accuracy testing, regression testing, observability, and human review. Understand when deterministic analytics, traditional machine learning, or an LLM-based approach is most appropriate.
Communicate with Confidence: Synthesize complex analyses and technical solutions into clear, compelling narratives and present actionable insights, tradeoffs, and recommendations to senior leadership.

Skills and experience we value

Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Computer Science, Economics, Business Analytics, or a related analytical field; Master's degree preferred.
10+ years of progressive experience in data analytics, business intelligence, analytical engineering, data science, decision science, or related technical roles, preferably in an enterprise SaaS, technology, consulting, or complex business environment.
Strong SQL, data modeling, and analytical engineering skills, with hands-on experience building enterprise analytics solutions using platforms such as Power BI. Candidates should be comfortable working directly in Power BI when needed, including semantic models, DAX, performance optimization, advanced dashboards, and executive-facing analytical products.
Strong hands-on Python skills and comfort working with APIs, Git, JSON, testing and debugging, notebooks, and modern development workflows used to build analytical and AI-enabled solutions.
Demonstrated hands-on experience building AI/LLM applications beyond the use of AI productivity tools or commercial chat applications. Experience should include several of the following: agentic workflows, tool/function calling, structured outputs, retrieval/RAG, context engineering, prompt design, API integration, and evaluation frameworks.
Demonstrated track record of personally designing and building AI-enabled analytical products or agentic systems from prototype toward production. Candidates should be prepared to discuss architecture, implementation decisions, evaluation methods, failures, tradeoffs, and lessons learned from systems they personally built.
Strong understanding of semantic modeling, metric design, KPI frameworks, business definitions, data quality, lineage, and governance practices needed to provide trusted context to both enterprise reporting and AI-enabled analytical experiences.
Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous business questions into structured analytical and technical approaches, identify root causes, quantify business impact, and determine when a problem is best solved with SQL or deterministic software, traditional analytics or machine learning, a BI experience, or an LLM/agentic solution.
Experience evaluating AI systems for accuracy, grounding, reliability, and business usefulness, including approaches such as test datasets, hallucination testing, regression testing, observability, human review, and appropriate controls for enterprise use.
Proven experience leading complex analytical or AI initiatives from concept through implementation with minimal oversight, including requirements definition, stakeholder alignment, hands-on development, testing, delivery, adoption, and ongoing optimization.
Experience partnering with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to define success metrics, interpret performance trends, and connect analytical and AI solutions to financial, operational, customer, and growth outcomes.
Exceptional communication, analytical reasoning, and business acumen, with the ability to synthesize complex data and technical concepts into clear narratives, evaluate tradeoffs, prioritize work based on business value, and influence decisions at senior levels.
High degree of intellectual curiosity, ownership, technical judgment, and attention to detail. We value demonstrated building experience over theoretical familiarity; candidates should be prepared to discuss systems they personally designed and implemented. Experience working in the Human Capital Management industry is preferred.

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.

This job posting is for an existing vacancy

Artificial intelligence may be used in the screening, assessment, or selection of applicants for this position.

About the Salary Ranges

Please note that the salary range mentioned in this job description should serve simply as a guide. The final compensation offered may vary based on a variety of factors, including bonuses and/or incentives, or a candidate’s experience, skills, budget and location. Our company is committed to providing a fair, equitable, and competitive package that reflects the value an individual brings to the organization.

Proficiency in English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with English-speaking stakeholders, co-workers, managers and/or clients across the world. Further, our back office support teams, including but not limited to Human Resources, are primarily English speaking. Employees need to be able to communicate with these departments in English to appropriately administer their business relationship. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking co-workers, managers, stakeholders and/or clients, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.

Fraudulent Recruiting

Beware of fraudulent recruiting. Legitimate Dayforce contacts will use an @dayforce.com email address. We do not request money, checks, equipment orders, or sensitive personal data during the recruitment process. If you have been asked for any of the above, or believe you have been contacted by someone posing as a Dayforce employee, please refer to our fraudulent recruiting statement found here: https://www.dayforce.com/be-aware-of-recruiting-fraud

Dayforce actively monitors all job applications to ensure authenticity. Submissions determined to be fraudulent or misleading will be declined from the recruitment process

Pour consulter cette offre d'emploi en français, veuillez utiliser le lien: https://jobs.dayforcehcm.com/fr-CA/mydayforce/alljobs

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Responsibilities

You will design and build modern decision products, including AI-powered applications and semantic models, to drive strategic business insights. You will also collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to define key metrics and ensure data quality and governance across the enterprise.

Requirements

Candidates must have 10+ years of experience in data analytics or related technical roles with strong proficiency in SQL, Python, and Power BI. A bachelor's degree in an analytical field is required, with a preference for a master's degree and experience in AI/LLM application development.

Skills

Data analysis
SQL
Power BI
Python
Data modeling
Artificial intelligence
Machine learning
LLM
Semantic modeling
DAX
API integration
Prompt design
Retrieval-augmented generation
Business intelligence
Analytical engineering
Strategic insight

Benefits

Time away from work programs
Comprehensive wellness initiatives
Competitive pay
Charity programs

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Keywords

Data Analyst
Decision Intelligence
SaaS
Human Capital Management
Power BI
SQL
Python
LLM
Artificial Intelligence
Semantic Modeling
DAX
API
Git
JSON
RAG
Agentic workflows
Business Intelligence
Data Engineering
Data Governance
KPI
Metric design
Predictive analytics
Machine learning
Enterprise data
Automation
Strategic planning
Stakeholder management
Data quality
Cloud HCM
Analytical engineering

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