Senior Backend Engineer (.Net and AWS)
Job Summary
Are you excited by building secure scalable cloud-native services and exploring how AI can transform the way software is delivered As a Senior Software Engineer youll design and own high-impact backend services using C#/.NET and AWS influence architecture decisions and help shape engineering best practices across the team. Youll work end-to-endfrom development and deployment to monitoring and continuous improvementwhile leveraging AI-powered tools to accelerate development improve quality and drive innovation.
Heres a breakdown of what youll do (not all of it just the important stuff):
- Design build and own secure scalable cloud-native services using C#/.NET and AWS.
- Lead technical decision-making balancing performance reliability security and cost considerations.
- Use AI-powered tools to enhance coding debugging testing and prototyping while ensuring quality and safety.
- Drive architectural improvements using Clean Architecture CQRS and event-driven design patterns.
- Collaborate with Product UX Security DevOps and Engineering teams to deliver impactful solutions.
- Mentor engineers and champion modern development practices including AI-augmented engineering workflows.
These are the essentials youll need to get an interview:
- 57 years of software engineering experience building secure scalable applications in an agile environment.
- Strong hands-on experience with C# .NET Core Entity Framework Core and RESTful API development.
- Experience designing and operating cloud-native services within AWS environments.
- Solid understanding of Clean Architecture CQRS/MediatR and event-driven system design.
- Practical experience using AI tools to support software development with the ability to critically assess and validate outputs.
- Experience with modern software delivery practices including Docker Infrastructure as Code CI/CD pipelines and monitoring tools.
- Strong communication mentoring and collaboration skills with a passion for continuous improvement.
It would be great if you had these too but well support you if you dont:
- Experience with AWS services such as ECS/Fargate Lambda DynamoDB SQS EventBridge or Step Functions.
- Familiarity with AWS CDK or Terraform for infrastructure automation.
- Experience Aspire distributed tracing OpenTelemetry CloudWatch or structured logging tools.
- Exposure to gRPC Polly feature flagging or progressive delivery practices.
- Knowledge of AI governance compliance privacy considerations and responsible AI adoption.
- Familiarity with Angular and TypeScript to support full end-to-end feature delivery.
- Experience evaluating and introducing new tools frameworks or AI-driven engineering solutions.
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About Us
Diligent is the AI leader in governance risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS solutions helping more than 1 million users and 700000 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.
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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 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.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Diligent, a modern governance company, is the only comprehensive governance software provider featuring tools to improve and simplify modern day governance.