
Senior Software Engineer – Go, AWS
DailyPay
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Belfast • United Kingdom
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Salary
💰 £57,000 - £74,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Design and deliver end-to-end backend services that provide financial control to millions of users
- Lead the transition toward event-driven micro-services by defining project scopes
- Eliminate critical performance bottlenecks in high-traffic, real-time environments
- Serve as a bridge between technical solutions and business needs
- Elevate the collective skill of the team by mentoring with empathy
- Join an on-call rotation, responding to production incidents
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience building and scaling backend services
- Deep command of at least one modern language (Go, Java, Python, C# or modern OO languages)
- Proven ability to design and implement resilient micro-services
- Experience with PostgreSQL (or similar RDBMS)
- Track record of identifying database bottlenecks, optimizing complex queries, and executing zero-downtime schema migrations
- Experience actively supporting the growth of others
- Proven ability to demonstrate how you’ve successfully mentored junior engineers
- A history of taking projects from initial ambiguity through to production
- Experience managing the full lifecycle of a feature, including CI/CD pipeline integration and automated testing
- The ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both engineering peers and non-technical stakeholders
- Willingness to work with AI-assisted development tools.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Opportunity for equity ownership
- Private health insurance option
- Employee Resource Groups
- Fun company outings and events
- Generous PTO Allowance
- 5% Pension contribution
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
backend servicesevent-driven micro-servicesGoJavaPythonC#PostgreSQLdatabase optimizationCI/CD pipelineautomated testing
Soft Skills
mentoringempathycommunicationproblem-solvingleadershipcollaborationtechnical articulationsupporting growthproject managementadaptability