Senior Software Engineer (Node Js AND AWS

About Us

Diligent is the global leader in modern governance, providing SaaS solutions across governance, risk, compliance, audit and ESG. Empowering more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members and leaders with a holistic view of their organization’s GRC practices so they can make better decisions, faster. No matter the challenge.

At Diligent, you are an agent of positive change. You are joining a team of passionate, smart, 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. Be a part of a global community on a mission to make a real impact.

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Key Responsibilities

• Design, code, review and test assigned features and user stories, in accordance with the agile methodology employed by Diligent
• Producing high-level technical design artefacts for major stories
• Contribute to the quality assurance / testing strategy for assigned features, performing technical tasks as required to support that strategy, including but not limited to development of unit and other automated tests, and assisting with acceptance and regression testing
• Influence the design of the future state of the product, including separating out major components and sub-systems, designing and delivering prototypes, especially for back-end components
• Communicate effectively with other development teams, production operations, and a number of other technology groups, to ensure regular smooth delivery of working software to production.
• Ensure all work is carried out and documented in accordance with required standards, methods and procedures to ensure information retention and re-use. Ensure internal systems are kept up to date at all times with the latest activity
• Plan and control their own workflow to ensure all deadlines are met and manage their own tasks effectively
• Technical owner of Epics of all sizes, sometimes involving more than one workstream.
• Can lead technical architecture and implementation of platform-level initiatives
• Responsible and dependable to take on challenging tasks with minimal supervision
• Knows to delegate when needed, understands their own limits, while still owning the workflow to completion
• Involved in continuous improvement of processes by regularly making improvement recommendations at team retrospectives

Required Experience / Skills

Preferred Experience / Skills

What Diligent Offers You

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., Baltimore, London, Galway, Budapest, Vancouver, Bengaluru, Munich, and Sydney.

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