Software Engineer I

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.

Learn more at diligent.com.

Position Overview 

As a Software Engineer, you will be creating robust, scalable, and secure services that power our SaaS platform and make governance easy for our customers. You will have the full power of AWS and GCP at your disposal and you will be focused on building solutions (either brand new, or assisting in maintenance and enhancement of services), typically in React and JavaScript. As part of our core governance teams, your team will fully own their services (from code to deployment and monitoring), You will actively contribute to architectural discussions and regularly present demonstrations to the entire department 

Key Responsibilities 

• Implement secure, scalable and modular solutions using React. 

• Develop high quality code (e.g. adhering to SOLID principles) with plenty of tests and observability baked in. 

• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code 

• Debug and troubleshoot software issues 
• Stay up to date with the latest software development trends and technologies 

What you need to succeed 

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering or related field. 

• 1+ years of professional experience delivering secure applications in an agile environment. 

• Experience in developing RESTful/GraphQL APIs using Django in Open API specifications and developing visually stunning user interfaces using React. 

• Experience in React.js, modern JavaScript and RESTful/GraphQL APIs. 

• Experience working with Redux. 

• Experience working with Docker in development. 

• Experience on SQL databases. 

• Good understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) 

• Experience with Agile methodologies and collaboration tools such as Git, JIRA, and Confluence 

• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

• Experience with Django will be an added advantage.

• Experience with AWS services is a plus. 

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

 

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