About Us Diligent is the AI leader in governance, risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS solutions, helping more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members to clarify risk and elevate governance. The Diligent One Platform gives practitioners, the C-Suite and the board a consolidated view of their entire GRC practice so they can more effectively manage risk, build greater resilience and make better decisions, faster.

At Diligent, we're building the future with people who think boldly and move fast. Whether you're designing systems that leverage large language models or part of a team reimaging workflows with AI, you'll help us unlock entirely new ways of working and thinking. Curiosity is in our DNA, we look for individuals willing to ask the big questions and experiment fearlessly - those who embrace change not as a challenge, but as an opportunity. The future belongs to those who keep learning, and we are building it together. At Diligent, you’re not just building the future - you’re an agent of positive change, joining a global community on a mission to make an impact.

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Position Overview Spend your days making a difference, not just working for a living. We do that by creating Security, Risk management, Compliance, and audit software that uncovers fraud, waste, environmental risk, and abuse in their organizations. Our collaborative R&D teams use Serverless AWS technologies to build our SaaS platform and tackle strategic business challenges, creating highly impactful solutions for today and for our future to support Modern Governance.

The ideal candidate will have proven ability to apply effective analysis, design, programming, and testing skills to produce and maintain scaled SaaS software solutions. You will work as part of an established team who are used to working together to achieve excellent results. You'll have the chance to take ownership of the features you're working on, actively suggest improvements to how we design and build software, and support more junior team members by sharing your knowledge and helping the team grow and perform even better over time.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and Deliver Solutions

Champion the design and delivery of secure, high-performance microservices—primarily on AWS—using infrastructure-as-code tools, particularly Terraform and the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK). Deliver end-to-end software solutions in languages such as Python and Node.js, overseeing development, deployment, monitoring, and production support.

• Technical Leadership

Set technical direction across multiple teams, identifying system pain points and proposing improvements at scale. Responsible for technical decision-making, strategic direction for brigades, and acting as a key contact point for complex initiatives.

• Mentorship and Knowledge Sharing

Mentor other engineers on best practices in Python, Terraform, software architecture, and emerging technologies. Foster a culture of learning, ethical AI adoption, and open knowledge-sharing.

• AI Strategy and Integration

Lead design decisions for embedding AI in systems, advise on model capabilities, and monitor responsible AI adoption—integrating these with engineering solutions, potentially leveraging Python.

• Collaboration & Partnership

Partner with Product, Security, and DevOps teams to shape technical roadmaps, ensure compliance, and enable business value. Facilitate the ideation and implementation of new solutions.

• Continuous Improvement

Engage proactively with engineering teams to understand pain points and design scalable solutions, evaluating and piloting new tools—such as Python frameworks and Terraform modules—for optimal performance and developer productivity.

• Code Quality & Ownership

Take full accountability for assigned tasks and Epics from inception through deployment, ensuring high quality, robust testing, and maintainable CI/CD pipelines—including those using Python and Terraform.

Required Experience/Skills

• 7–10 years of experience delivering secure, scalable applications in agile environments.
• Deep expertise in architecture and design of modern microservices (preferably AWS serverless) using Python, Node.js, and TypeScript.
• Advanced proficiency with infrastructure-as-code (especially Terraform), containerization (Docker), CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools.

What Diligent Offers You

• Creativity is ingrained in our culture. We are innovative collaborators by nature. We thrive in exploring how things can be differently both in our internal processes and to help our clients
• We care about our people. Diligent offers a flexible work environment, global days of service, comprehensive health benefits, meeting free days, generous time off policy and wellness programs to name a few
• We have teams all over the world. We may be headquartered in New York City, but we have office hubs in Washington D.C., Vancouver, London, Galway, Budapest, Munich, Bengaluru, Singapore, and Sydney.
• Diversity is important to us. Growing, maintaining and promoting a diverse team is a top priority for us. We foster and encourage diversity through our Employee Resource Groups and provide access to resources and education to support the education of our team, facilitate dialogue, and foster understanding.

Diligent created the modern governance movement. Our world-changing idea is to empower leaders with the technology, insights and connections they need to drive greater impact and accountability – to lead with purpose. Our employees are passionate, smart, and creative people who not only want to help build the software company of the future, but who want to make the world a more sustainable, equitable and better place.

Headquartered in New York, Diligent has offices in Washington D.C., London, Galway, Budapest, Vancouver, Bengaluru, Munich, Singapore and Sydney.  To foster strong collaboration and connection, this role will follow a hybrid work model. If you are within a commuting distance to one of our Diligent office locations, you will be expected to work onsite at least 50% of the time. We believe that in-person engagement helps drive innovation, teamwork, and a strong sense of community.

We are a drug free workplace. Diligent is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental disability, age, military status, protected veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related), genetic information, or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Diligent's EEO Policy and Know Your Rights. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at recruitment@diligent.com.

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