Staff Software Engineer (Python, AWS)

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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Position Overview:

As a Staff Software Engineer at Diligent youll create robust scalable and secure microservices that power our SaaS platform for governance. Youll leverage AWS (serverless or migrations) with TypeScript own services end-to-end (code deployment monitoring) drive architecture discussions and regularly demo to the department. A critical part of this role is shaping our AI strategy: youll lead design decisions embed AI responsibly into systems and mentor teams on AI capabilities safety and governance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Champion the design and delivery of secure high-performance microservices on AWS driving architecture decisions and empowering team members through mentorship.
• Set technical direction across multiple teams spotting system pain points and proposing improvements.
• Pioneer AI-driven solutions by advising on model capabilities crafting effective prompt strategies and embedding governance and monitoring into development workflows.
• Partner with Product Security and DevOps to shape technical roadmaps ensure compliance and seamlessly integrate AI features that deliver real business value.
• Continuously elevate our toolkit by evaluating and piloting cutting-edge technologies (including AI toolchains) optimizing for performance cost efficiency and developer productivity.
• Own projects end-to-endfrom ideation and prototyping to deployment monitoring and iterationensuring resilient maintainable systems and top-notch code quality.
• Mentor engineers in best practices and AI-augmented workflows fostering a culture of experimentation learning and ethical AI adoption.
• Stay ahead of emerging AI trends and regulations proactively adapting designs and practices to meet evolving standards and steer future innovation.

Required Experience/Skills

• 710 years delivering secure scalable applications in agile environments.
• Understanding of model architectures bias and safety concerns prompt engineering and proven experience shaping AI strategy and mentoring teams on responsible AI use. Ability to architect AI systems with embedded monitoring and governance.
• Proficient in Python and or ( for serverless microservices on AWS; hands-on with infrastructure-as-code (CDK/Terraform) containerization (Docker) CI/CD pipelines databases (SQL/NoSQL) and observability tools.
• Integrates security best practices (IAM secrets management) into all work including AI components and embeds bias/privacy checks in delivery pipelines.
• Strong communication of technical and AI-related concepts to diverse stakeholders; proven ability to lead projects influence engineering culture and mentor peers in AI-augmented workflows.
• Degree in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or equivalent experience.

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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