Senior Frontend Engineer

DailyPay; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology company is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer in Belfast to build high-quality React Native and React applications. Candidates should have experience with JavaScript and TypeScript, and a passion for the latest front-end trends. This role involves mentoring team members and influencing multiple teams through effective documentation. The company offers competitive compensation and various employee benefits including private health insurance and equity ownership.

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

Qualifications

• Multiple years of professional software development experience is essential.
• Deep understanding of JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Experience architecting scalable frontend systems.

Responsibilities

• Build mobile and web applications for earned wages access.
• Mentor team members to effectively contribute to applications.
• Lead frontend technical discussions and document plans.

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

UI/UX principles

Server-Side Rendering

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:

We are growing our Financial Empowerment team and are hiring a Senior Frontend Engineer to join our team in Belfast! This team is responsible for building the mobile and web applications that people use regularly to access their earned wages before payday with zero/minimum fees, save for the future, and improve their financial literacy.

This role requires someone that has experience architecting scalable applications, mentoring others to effectively contribute to those applications, and leading change across multiple teams by building influence and clearly documenting plans.

Our Senior Frontend Engineers focus on building high-quality React Native and React applications using TypeScript. While familiarity with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS are essential, we’re looking for a deep understanding of JavaScript and TypeScript.

A passion for staying current with the latest mobile and web framework trends and tooling, and a proven track record of delivering robust, enterprise‑level solutions. As a Senior Engineer, multiple years of professional software development experience is essential.

What You Bring to The Team:

• Experience JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Skilled with React (including Hooks, Context API, and modern best practices).
• Understanding of UI/UX principles and accessibility guidelines.
• Ability to architect scalable, high-performance, testable, and maintainable frontend systems, emphasizing modularity and reusability.
• Proven ability to lead frontend technical discussions and decisions.
• Experience with Server‑Side Rendering (SSR) is a plus.

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