Medior Sofwtare Engineer (C#, .Net Core)

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

Are you ready to embark on an exciting journey in software engineering? We are seeking a skilled and motivated Software Engineer with knowledge of integration development using C#, microservices and .net core to drive the modernization of our market leading GRC platform. As a key player in our organization, you will have the opportunity to design, develop, and deploy innovative software solutions that will impact industries and change the way the world works. If you're passionate about technology and thrive in a collaborative, creative environment, this role is tailor-made for you. This position will work directly with our cutting edge technologies as the application is transitioned to a new architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• 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, performing technical tasks as required to support that strategy, including but not limited to development of unit and other automated tests, and assisting with acceptance and regression testing
• Communicate effectively with other development teams, production operations, and a number of other technology groups, to ensure regular smooth delivery of working software to production.
• Ensure all work is carried out and documented in accordance with required standards, methods and procedures to ensure information retention and re-use. Ensure internal systems are kept up to date at all times with the latest activity
• Attend Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, and Retrospective Meetings
• Involved in continuous improvement of processes by regularly making improvement recommendations at team retrospectives

Required Experience/Skills

• 3 years+ of software engineering experience
• Excellent understanding of C#, .net Core, API and web development
• Problem-solver attitude - Technology agnostic approach
• Strong understanding of CI/CD
• Strong code review, mentoring and refactoring skills
• Experience working on an agile team, providing estimates and reporting progress
• Able to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical teams
• Familiarity with Source Code Control Systems (esp Git, GitHub) and common branching models such as GitFlow

Preferred Experience/Skills 

• 3 years+ of software engineering experience
• Degree, or equivalent, in Computer Science, Mathematics or similar discipline
• Experience with Microservices architecture
• Experience with jQuery, Angular, Kendo UI
• Experience working with SoAs/ESBs/Message Queues (such as RabbitMQ, Kafka)
• Keen to learn more about new languages and frameworks

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