Senior software engineer in test

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

The Senior Software Engineer in Test will work with product managers to understand the customer needs, 
design the functionalities, and translate requirements to test plans. Evaluate risks in the system, build and 
optimize automation frameworks to guard the robustness, scalability and security of the micro-services that 
power our SaaS platform. Also, will develop tools that make our development, testing, deployment, and 
monitoring systems efficient. Have the full power of AWS at your disposal while you focus on building and 
testing Serverless solutions (either brand new or assisting in migrating services to Serverless).

Key Responsibilities
• Master’s one or more technical capabilities used by the team.
• Has several years of experience in working in multiple domains.
• Can break down a larger project and help others working on the stories.
• Has strong impact on other's work, including defining guidelines and engineering practices of the 
team.
• Able to mentor others, interview candidates, provide meaningful feedback.
• Finds opportunities for new tools/improvements which adds value.
• Familiar with end-to-end use case implementation of a solution.
• Integrate test automation with build and delivery pipeline; optimize the pipelines and coach others on 
continuous delivery principles so we can release to production regularly, quickly, and safely.

Required Experience/Skills
• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong experience in a hands-on development role at a commercial software company
• Demonstrable experience of devising and delivering changes to large/complex products
• Excellent understanding one of (or all) our technologies: NodeJS, TypeScript, React, Ruby on Rails
• Experience in API and web development
• Problem-solver attitude - Technology agnostic approach
• Experience of designing and delivering security solutions in an environment that embraces DevOps 
and IaC concepts and common technologies, with a focus on pipeline security automation 
(DevSecOps)
• Experience with Microservices architecture
• Degree, or equivalent, in Computer Science, Mathematics or similar discipline

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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