Staff Software Engineer

Diligent; London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Diligent seeks an experienced technical leader to shape the technology direction of their solutions in governance, risk, and compliance. This role involves leading complex projects, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with teams to innovate and deliver impactful software solutions. Join a company committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Comprehensive health benefits

Generous time off policy

Wellness programs

Diversity initiatives

Qualifications

• 7+ years in a hands-on development role at a commercial software company.
• Excellent understanding of NodeJS, TypeScript, React, and AWS.
• Experience with DevOps and IaC concepts.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex projects as a full-stack architect, focusing on delivery.
• Mentor engineers and define technical roadmaps.
• Drive innovation through process optimization and continuous improvement.

Skills

NodeJS

TypeScript

React

AWS

DevSecOps

API Development

Microservices architecture

Job description

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.

Spend your days making a difference, not just working for a living.
Be a key stakeholder in shaping the technical direction of the technology, bringing the right people with you on that journey and ensuring that it supports our overall product & tech strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Be an experienced leader in a full-stack and architectural capacity on complex and challenging projects, focussing on outcomes and consistently delivering against ambitious goals.
• Build and support technical products of significant complexity and provide feasibility checks on early product ideas
• Drive and record technical decision-making, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and execute our technical roadmap.
• Coach and mentor Engineers, help them build awareness and understanding of engineering standards and technical vision and grow others within our domain.
• Build a collaborative way of working with Product Managers to facilitate continuous technical improvements that both follow and feed into Vault’s technical strategy, striving to surface the most valuable product features to work on
• Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in software engineering, and evaluate their potential impact on our product roadmap
• Drive process optimisation, workflow improvement, and complexity reduction through innovation, automation, and continuous improvement efforts
• Provides frequent, timely, thoughtful and detailed correct feedback using a good method.

Required Experience/Skills

• 7+ years of experience in a hands-on development role at a commercial software company
• Excellent understanding one of (or all) our technologies: NodeJS, TypeScript, React, AWS
• Experience in API and web development
• Experience of designing and delivering security solutions in an environment that embraces DevOps and IaC concepts and common technologies, with a focus on pipeline security automation (DevSecOps)
• Experience with Microservices architecture
• Strong code review, mentoring and refactoring skills
• Creative and innovative problem-solving skills
• Able to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical teams

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 programsto 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 towork 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 alsoDiligent'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 [e-mail] .

To all recruitment agencies: Diligent does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Diligent employees or any other organization location. Diligent is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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