Senior Software Engineer

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

As a
Senior Software Engineer
at Diligent, you'll be hands-on in shaping the future of our platform by designing and delivering
secure, scalable, and high-performing backend services
that power our SaaS solutions. You'll work extensively with
Python
to build cloud-native and serverless solutions on AWS—either from the ground up or by modernizing existing systems.

In this role, you'll
own services end-to-end
, from design and implementation through deployment and monitoring. You'll lead by example in architectural discussions, mentor engineers across the team, and help evolve our engineering standards. You'll also actively champion the use of
AI-powered development tools
to streamline workflows, improve quality, and increase team productivity.

We're looking for someone who is passionate about building great software in Python and excited about how
AI-augmented engineering
can unlock faster, safer, and more effective ways of working.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and own secure, scalable Python services, making informed technical trade-offs to meet reliability, performance, and cost objectives.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and event-driven services using Python frameworks (e.g., FastAPI, Flask, Django) and AWS-native patterns.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate coding, debugging, testing, and prototyping, while critically validating outputs to ensure correctness, security, and maintainability.
• Advise on appropriate AI usage, including LLM concepts, prompt patterns, and ethical/privacy considerations; embed monitoring, logging, and compliance checks into workflows.
• Lead and participate in architectural discussions; document designs, decisions, residual risks, and mitigations.
• Coach and mentor peers on Python best practices, cloud-native design, and AI-augmented development approaches.
• Partner closely with Product, Security, DevOps, and Data teams to align on features, deployment strategies, and compliance requirements.
• Scout, evaluate, and pilot emerging tools, frameworks, and AI toolchains; integrate automated governance and quality checks into CI/CD pipelines.
• Improve observability, incident response, and operational resilience with a focus on reliability, productivity, and cost efficiency.

Required Experience & Skills

• 5–7 years of professional software engineering experience, primarily using Python, delivering secure and scalable backend services in an agile environment.
• Strong proficiency in Python and backend frameworks (e.g., FastAPI, Flask, Django) for building production-grade APIs and services.
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs (OpenAPI/Swagger) and asynchronous or event-driven systems.
• Solid understanding of AWS (e.g., Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, API Gateway) and cloud-native or serverless architectures.
• Comfortable with infrastructure as code (Terraform, AWS CDK, or similar), containerization (Docker), and modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with SQL databases (PostgreSQL preferred) and/or NoSQL stores; able to design, optimize, and troubleshoot schemas and queries.
• Applies security best practices in code and cloud environments (IAM, secrets management, least privilege, secure API design).
• Working knowledge of LLM concepts (e.g., hallucinations, prompt sensitivity, model limitations) and safe vs. unsafe AI use cases.
• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools, with a critical eye toward accuracy, safety, and maintainability.
• Skilled in prompt engineering, including designing reusable prompts and coaching peers on effective usage.
• Familiar with ethical, privacy, and cost risks (bias, data leakage, vendor lock-in) and able to embed basic compliance checks into workflows.
• Strong communication skills, able to explain technical and AI-related concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to mentor or guide peers and influence engineering best practices.
• Familiarity with frontend frameworks (e.g., React or Angular) to collaborate effectively on end-to-end features.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field—or equivalent practical experience.

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

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