Senior Software Engineer in Test

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

Spend your days making a difference, not just working for a living. We do that by creating Security, Risk management, Compliance, and audit software that uncovers fraud, waste, environmental risk, and abuse in their organizations. Our collaborative R&D teams use Serverless AWS technologies to build our SaaS platform and tackle strategic business challenges, creating highly impactful AI driven solutions for today and for our future to support Modern Governance.

You will be working as a part of a Scrum team and primarily responsible for QA processes, focusing on creating and automating functional and end-to-end test cases and identifying/reporting/tracking defects. You will work closely with all members of the team to create and drive a successful automation strategy for a product, applying shift left approach and bringing quality mindset early to the development lifecycle. This role requires technical intellect, strong communication and mentoring skills and someone who enjoys being part of a pro-active and self-managing team.

Key Responsibilities

• Mastering one or more technical capabilities used by the team while working in multiple domains
• Break down a larger project and help others working on the stories
• Build test strategy and test plans for complex projects
• Applying quality mindset throughout the entire development lifecycle.
• Impact other's work, including defining guidelines and engineering practices of the team
• Mentor others, interview candidates, provide meaningful feedback
• Find opportunities for new tools/improvements, including AI driven solutions, which add value
• End-to-end use case implementation of a solution
• Integrate test automation with build and delivery pipeline; optimize the pipelines and coach others on continuous delivery principles so we can release to production regularly, quickly, and safely

Required Experience/Skills

• 5+ years of software engineering in test experience
• Strong experience in a hands-on development in test role at a commercial software company
• Demonstrable experience of devising and delivering changes to large/complex products
• Excellent understanding one of (or all) our technologies: TypeScript, Playwright, Angular Material
• Experience in API and web development and testing
• Problem-solver attitude - Technology agnostic approach
• 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 and Monolithic architecture
• Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Mathematics or similar discipline

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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 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., Baltimore, London, Galway, Budapest, Vancouver, Bengaluru, Munich, and Sydney. 

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