Senior Software Engineer (Angular / NodeJS) FS/FE

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 is looking for a Sr Full Stack Software Engineer - with focus on frontend technologies - to join our Messenger  team! Diligent’s Messenger product is our primary messaging solution tailored to be compliant with the highest security standards. Messenger integrates with multiple Diligent products and is key to the overall Modern Governance technology strategy. It is a service-based architecture written primarily in TypeScript with Node (backend services) and Angular (Web-front end). But we have iOS and Android app as well for mobile platforms.

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. They will want to take ownership of the features they are working on and proactively drive improvements in software design and development practices. They will love to automate away manual toil and be interested in championing observability, continuous integration and deployment, scalability, security, and other non-functional requirements into our system. They will value team culture and see their success as the team’s success.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, code, review and test assigned features and user stories, in accordance with the agile methodology employed by Diligent.
• Producing high-level technical design artefacts for major stories
• 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.
• Influence the design of the future state of the product, including separating out major components and sub-systems, designing and delivering prototypes.
• Ensure all work is carried out and documented in accordance with required standards, methods and procedures to ensure information retention and re-use.
• Plan and control their own workflow to ensure all deadlines are met and manage their own tasks effectively
• Involved in continuous improvement of processes by regularly making improvement recommendations at team retrospectives
• Help other team members to grow and improve their technical knowledge as they help you grow and improve

Required Experience/Skills

• Degree, or equivalent, in Computer Science, Mathematics or similar discipline.
• 5 years+ of software engineering experience.
• Strong experience in a hands-on development role at a commercial software company.
• Proven experience in developing scalable Angular applications
• Excellent understanding of HTML/CSS/JavaScript/TypeScript, and web frontend development
• Solid understanding of responsive design and best practices
• Understanding of usability and web accessibility
• Strong code review, mentoring and refactoring skills.
• Creative and innovative problem-solving skills.
• Able to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical teams.
• Keen to improve processes and share knowledge across the team.
• Familiarity with VCS Systems (esp Git, GitHub) and common branching models such as GitFlow.
• Be passionate about delivering value to our customers.

Preferred Experience/Skills

• Experience with NodeJS.
• Experience with Agile/SCRUM/Lean software development.
• Keen to learn more about new languages and frameworks.
• Experience of working in regulated markets.

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 envir