Senior Software Engineer (Go / AWS)

Job Description

Job Description

About Us :

DailyPay is transforming the way people get paid. As a worktech company and the industry’s leading on demand pay solution, DailyPay uses an award-winning technology platform to help America’s top employers build stronger relationships with their employees. This voluntary employee benefit enables workers everywhere to feel more motivated to work harder and stay longer on the job while supporting their financial well-being outside of the workplace.

DailyPay is headquartered in New York City, with operations throughout the United States as well as in Belfast. For more information, visit DailyPay's Press Center.

The Role :

You’ll work alongside a supportive, high-impact team of skilled backend developers to improve how other teams deploy and access their services, how we move data across our platform, and how we automate operations to enable future scale.

Our backend engineering teams specialise in developing robust and scalable Go microservices, leveraging a tech stack that includes AWS, Docker, Postgres, and Kafka. We’re looking for engineers who are passionate about building high-quality solutions and who thrive in a dynamic and collaborative environment.

If this opportunity excites you, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all of the qualifications.

How You Will Make an Impact :

Design, develop and maintain scalable backend services and APIs

Contribute to the transition to microservices, designing APIs and event-driven architecture

Optimise database performance and data structures for high-traffic, real-time applications

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business needs

Mentor engineers, perform code-reviews and drive best practices in Golang

What You Bring to The Team :

5+ years hands on software development experience working with Go

Demonstrated proficiency writing maintainable, high quality, robust code

Experience in designing and developing micro services in one or more cloud computing services (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc)

Experience with SQL databases

Strong problem-solving skills and a pragmatic approach to engineering problems and a demonstrated willingness to learn new technologies

Knowledge of message queues (SQS, Kafka, etc.) and asynchronous processing patterns

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice to Haves :

Understanding of Agile or Kanban / Lean software development methodologies

Experience using Jira for software engineering

Experience building and designing complex software systems that have been

successfully delivered to customers

What We Offer :

Exceptional health, vision, and dental care

Opportunity for equity ownership

Life and AD&D, short- and long-term disability

Employee Assistance Program

Employee Resource Groups

Fun company outings and events

Unlimited PTO

401K with company match

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Compensation Range : $129K - $200K