Senior Software Engineer (Node.js)

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 

• Design, code, review, and test assigned features and user stories in alignment with Diligent’s agile development methodology, leveraging AI tools where appropriate to enhance development efficiency. 

• Produce high-level technical design artifacts for major stories, incorporating insights and optimizations informed. 

• Influence the future architecture of the product by defining and refining major components and sub-systems, including the delivery of back-end prototypes—potentially accelerating prototyping with AI-based development tools. 

• Collaborate effectively with other development teams, production operations, and cross-functional technology groups to ensure smooth, regular delivery of high-quality software, to streamline communication and task coordination. 

• Ensure all work is completed and documented according to required standards, methods, and procedures, while adopting AI tools to enhance knowledge sharing and documentation efficiency. 

• Manage personal workflow and task prioritization to meet deadlines, to support time management and productivity tracking. 

• Serve as the technical owner of Epics, including complex initiatives that span multiple workstreams, in breaking down and organizing work. 

• Lead technical architecture and implementation of platform-level initiatives, exploring AI-driven design tools where beneficial. 

• Demonstrate reliability in handling complex tasks with minimal supervision while knowing when to delegate effectively; ensure completion of work with end-to-end ownership, supported by intelligent task management tools. 
• Actively participate in continuous process improvement by identifying opportunities and proposing enhancements during retrospectives—encouraging and applying AI-driven insights to refine team workflows. 

Required Experience/Skills