Software Engineer

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

2+ years' of experience developing applications and their deployment mechanisms, including testing, scaling, and monitoring.

Demonstrated proficiency writing maintainable, high quality, robust code. Preferred but not limited to; Go, Java, C++.

Some familiarity with Infrastructure like Databases, API Layers, Load Balancers, etc.

A critical eye, a curious nature, and a voracious appetite to learn.

Nice To Haves

Understanding of Agile or Kanban / Lean software development methodologies.

Experience specifically with Go.

Experience with AWS.

Experience with infrastructure-as-code, cloud formation, terraform, etc.

Experience in apps using Kafka or other event stream/message broker platforms.

What We Offer

Competitive compensation

Opportunity for equity ownership

Private health insurance option

Employee Resource Groups

Fun company outings and events

Generous PTO Allowance

5% Pension contribution

#BI-Hybrid

High-performing cultures aren't built in silos, they thrive on partnership. At DailyPay, we Commit Together to an inclusive, professional environment where multifaceted perspectives are our greatest competitive advantage. We recognize that our team members don’t live “single-issue lives,” and we lean into the wide-ranging backgrounds and life stages that sharpen our collective decision-making.

In our high-trust environment, we empower you to Challenge Norms. We’ve created a space where it is safe to ask difficult questions, disrupt the status quo, and share bold perspectives without fear of professional fallout. We believe that by checking our own assumptions and staying curious about the experiences of others, we arrive at better, more innovative results.

We provide the space for you to do your best work through peer advocacy and transparent career development. If you are looking for a culture that values intellectual honesty, celebrates the unique lived experiences of its people, and thrives on collective success, you’ll find it here.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any aspect of the recruitment process, please send a request to peopleops@dailypay.com. All requests for accommodation will be addressed as confidentially as practicable.

Compensation Range: £41K - £50K