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Staff Software Engineer

Karnataka, India (On-site)

Staff Software Engineer

3 Months ago • 7-10 Years • Full Stack Development • Undisclosed

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aws

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javascript

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Job Description

Diligent seeks a Staff Software Engineer to build robust microservices for its SaaS platform. You'll utilize Python, Typescript, AWS, and serverless technologies to create scalable and secure solutions. Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, DevOps tools, and microservices architecture is essential.

Must have:

Python & Typescript
AWS Cloud Provider
Microservices Architectures
Relational & NoSQL

Good to have:

AWS AI Services
AWS Glue & Redshift
Data Processing Tools
AWS Certifications

Perks:

Flexible Work Env
Global Days of Service

About the job

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:

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be creating robust, scalable, and secure microservices that power our SaaS platform and make governance easy for our customers. Your expertise in software development best practices, programming languages, and system design will be critical in driving innovation and excellence within the organization.

You’ll have the full power of AWS at your disposal, and you’ll be focused on building serverless solutions (either brand new, or assisting in migrating services to serverless), typically in TypeScript. As part of our core governance teams, your team will fully own their services (from code to deployment and monitoring), you’ll participate in architecture discussion, and regularly demo to the entire department.

Key Responsibilities

Demonstrates strong technical leadership, typically across multiple teams by delivering high-quality software solutions ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, product managers, designers, and stakeholders to define project requirements and deliver solutions that meet business goals.

Able to spot the biggest pain points of the systems you’re working with and propose solutions to improve .

Able to influence the engineering culture and practices of the teams, works with self-confidence with stakeholders outside of own team as well .

Experienced mentor providing technical guidance and inspiring the team to achieve goals, helping them to grow and develop skills.

Individual Contributor who takes up complex and challenging tasks and completes them without Manager’s involvement and supervision.

Conduct constructive code reviews, ensure code quality, and promote best practices in software development so everyone can go and learn alongside you.

Required Experience/Skills

7-10 years of professional experience delivering secure applications in an agile environment.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Math, or related field.

Expertise in Python and Typescript\JavaScript programming languages with pytest automation framework.

Experienced in dealing with of Web Technologies (Web Applications, REST APIs, Web/API Security) using Python and related technologies.

Deep understanding of SOLID principles, design patterns, data structure and test-driven development, OWASP Top 10 security risks

Proficient in designing and managing scalable, high-performance relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g. DynamoDB). Strong Database Design Fundamentals understanding normalization, indexing techniques, ACID properties and query optimization techniques etc.

Proficiency in AWS cloud provider, particularly strong understanding of Core AWS services such as EC2, ECS, Fargate, S3, Lambda, Event Bridge, SQS, SNS, IAM roles and policies. Fundamentals of networking in AWS like VPC, AZs etc.

Understanding of DevOps tools and processes, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, code build & code pipeline, CDK.

Extensive experience with serverless technologies and microservices architectures.

Preferred Experience/Skills:

Experience with AWS AI services like SageMaker, Rekognition, Textract, Comprehend.

Experience with AWS Glue, Datawarehouse with RedShift and QuickSight.

Experience with data processing (ETL processing tools)

Proven track record of leading and delivering complex projects.

AWS certification (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect).

Experience working with Agile and Kanban / Scrum processes and agile methodologies.

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.

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 also Diligent'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 recruitment@diligent.com.

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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