Senior Software Engineer .NET

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 

Diligent are looking for someone who has a strong knowledge of C#, .NET and SQL database development to join our Center for Global Product Innovation in Budapest. 

The ideal candidate will have proven ability to apply effective analysis, design, programming, and testing skills to produce and maintain scaled SaaS software solutions. They will be driven, resourceful and not feel intimidated by significant technical challenges. The successful candidate will work as part of an established team who are used to working together to achieve excellent results. Our ideal candidate will be someone who is motivated, pro-active and takes pride in his or her code. 

They will want to take ownership of the features they are working on, proactively drive improvements in software design and development practices, and work with more junior members of the team to help develop their skills and optimize the performance of the team over time. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Assist with analysis and documentation of technical requirements and user stories for assigned features, in accordance with the agile methodology employed by Diligent. 

• Definition and estimation of development tasks for assigned features and user stories, with a reasonable degree of accuracy. 

• Design, code, review and test assigned features and user stories, in accordance with the agile methodology employed by Diligent. 

• Contribute to the quality assurance/testing strategy for assigned features and perform technical tasks as required to support that strategy, including but not limited to development of unit tests, test harnesses, tools, and automation hooks. 

• Assist with production of high quality operational and system documentation as required. 

• Assisting with creation and maintenance of databases, environments, processes, standards, and tools supporting development and release activities, as required. 

• Assisting with analysis and resolution of Tier 3 support issues. 

Required Experience/Skills: 

• 5+ years’ experience in a hands-on development role at a commercial software company. 

• Developed skills in appropriate software development languages, frameworks, and technologies (e.g. .NET/C#, SQL) as relevant for the team. 

• Good written and oral communications. 

• Solid troubleshooting ability and skills. 

• Ability to contribute to the effectiveness of a high-performing agile team. 

• Successfully manage own workload, and take personal responsibility and ownership for delivery, behaviors, and self-improvement. 

Preferred but not essential 

• Experience with ASP.NET Core, Cloud technologies (preferably AWS), Typescript, Angular, OIDC . 

• Experience working with SoAs/ESBs/Message Queues (such as RabbitMQ). 

• Test Driven Development experience. 

• Experience with Agile/SCRUM/Lean software development. 

• Willingness to lea