description Job Description
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="none">Here’s a summary of the role:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559738":300,"335559739":300,"335559740":276}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">Build software that matters, take real technical ownership, and use modern AI tooling to do your best work. This is a hands-on senior engineering role for someone who enjoys solving complex product problems, shaping robust solutions, and helping teams deliver reliable services at scale.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">You’ll work on secure, scalable microservices and APIs using TypeScript, AWS, and modern engineering practices. You’ll play a leading role within a collaborative product engineering team, owning complex features end to end, contributing to design and architectural decisions, supporting production systems, and helping raise the bar across backend, cloud, and AI-assisted development workflows.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none">Here’s a breakdown of what you’ll do, not all of it, just the important stuff:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559738":300,"335559739":300,"335559740":276}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="11" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Own and deliver <strong>complex backend services</strong> and APIs using <strong>Node.js, TypeScript, and AWS</strong>, from technical design through release and production support.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="11" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Contribute to design and architecture discussions, making pragmatic decisions that balance delivery speed, maintainability, scalability, and security.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="11" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none"><strong>Mentor</strong> and support less experienced <strong>engineers</strong> through code reviews, pairing, technical guidance, and day-to-day collaboration.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="11" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none"><strong>Work closely with product managers, designers, and engineers</strong> across the team to turn requirements into practical, reliable solutions.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="11" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none"><strong>Use AI tools</strong> to accelerate coding, debugging, testing, research, and documentation, while validating outputs carefully and applying sound judgment.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="11" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Strengthen service reliability, observability, and engineering quality by improving monitoring, incident response, testing, and development practices.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="none">These are the essentials you’ll need to get an interview:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559738":300,"335559739":300,"335559740":276}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="11" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="7" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">5 to 8 years of professional software engineering experience delivering production systems in an agile environment.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="11" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="8" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Strong backend development skills with <strong>Node.js and TypeScript</strong>, including experience designing and building APIs or microservices.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="11" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Comfort contributing to technical design discussions and taking ownership of complex features or services end to end.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="11" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="10" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Hands-on experience with<strong> AWS - or other - cloud-native development,</strong> automated testing, and deployment practices that support reliable delivery.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="11" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="11" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Comfort working with <strong>SQL databases, Git, Docker-based workflows,</strong> and modern CI/CD pipelines.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="11" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="12" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Practical understanding of <strong>AI-assisted engineering tools and broader LLM concepts</strong>, with the judgment to use them responsibly with privacy, security, cost, and quality in mind.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="11" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="13" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Clear communication skills, a collaborative mindset, and experience supporting or mentoring other engineers within a product engineering team.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="none">It would be great if you had these too, but we’ll support you if you don’t:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559738":300,"335559739":300,"335559740":276}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="11" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="14" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Familiarity with infrastructure as code, for example CDK or Terraform.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="11" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="15" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Exposure to observability tooling, incident response, or production monitoring practices.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="11" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="16" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Experience working with React or Angular when contributing to end-to-end product delivery.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> <br><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}">#LIHybrid</span></li>
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<p><strong>About Us</strong></p>
<p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">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. </span></p>
<div><span data-teams="true">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.</span></div>
<p>Learn more at diligent.com or follow us on <u><a id="OWA170dad44-6a69-e1e1-d720-601cd59ec77c" class="x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/diligent-board-member-services/mycompany/verification/" data-outlook-id="c606bc91-5052-4d3a-a1d1-ed00ede365d9" data-linkindex="1" data-auth="NotApplicable">LinkedIn</a></u> and <u><a id="OWA153deb8c-7641-f6fc-97cb-65df680002a3" class="x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" href="https://www.facebook.com/DiligentCorporation/" data-outlook-id="07f4e461-6294-4482-a624-e58c27cd6199" data-linkindex="2" data-auth="NotApplicable">Facebook</a></u></p>
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<p><strong>What Diligent Offers You</strong> </p>
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<li><strong>Creativity is ingrained in our culture.</strong> We are innovative collaborators by nature. We thrive