DailyPay

Senior Software Engineer – Go, AWS

DailyPay

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: BelfastUnited 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