Staff Software Engineer

Overview

Are you ready to architect the future of ethical business? At Diligent, you won’t just contribute to a product; you’ll help lead the technical evolution of our new AI-Native product — an AI-powered intelligence layer that enables the world’s largest organizations to navigate the complex landscape of ESG and sustainability. If you are passionate about high-scale SaaS and the cutting edge of GenAI-driven products, your next big challenge starts here.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will own the technical architecture and delivery of a mission-critical platform designed to automate and streamline supplier due diligence. You will not only design systems but also actively write and review complex, production-grade code across Node.js and React ecosystems, while integrating advanced AI/ML capabilities using AWS Bedrock and Python.

You are a deeply hands-on technical leader who thrives on building distributed systems and microservices that are scalable, reliable, and secure. From designing advanced RAG pipelines to implementing resilient backend services, you will operate at the intersection of architecture and execution — setting engineering standards through both technical direction and high-quality code contributions.

Acting as a force multiplier across teams, you will bridge product vision with engineering excellence, ensuring our new AI-Native product becomes a benchmark for AI-driven GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) solutions.

This platform is an AI-native intelligence engine that mines and synthesizes information from vast, distributed knowledge sources, transforming how enterprises manage compliance and sustainability at scale.

What You’ll Do

Architect the Intelligence Layer

Design and implement the core AI-driven architecture for a complex, multi-tenant SaaS platform. Integrate cloud-native AI services and frameworks into our global product ecosystem.

Set the AI Standard

Define and implement AI-first engineering standards, governance frameworks, and secure AI integration patterns across teams.

Drive Delivery & Innovation

Own the end-to-end delivery of critical initiatives, ensuring AI capabilities are scalable, observable, reliable, and production-ready.

Be a Strategic Multiplier

Partner with Product, DevOps, and Security leaders to define long-term roadmaps while proactively anticipating AI advancements and regulatory evolution.

Elevate Engineering Excellence

Mentor engineers across levels on AI best practices, system design, and secure development. Lead architectural responses to complex technical challenges.

Essentials for Interview Consideration

Systems Architecture (8+ Years)

Extensive experience architecting distributed microservices and modern SaaS platforms at scale. Strong system design expertise across frontend (React), backend (Node.js, Python), and databases (Postgres, Vector DB or similar) is required.

Dual-Stack Proficiency

Expert-level hands-on Python skills combined with deep knowledge of the Node.js/React ecosystem.

Production AI Expertise

Proven experience deploying AI/ML systems in production using AWS Bedrock and RAG-based architectures, with strong understanding of LLM capabilities, limitations, and safety considerations.

Advanced RAG Mastery

Deep knowledge of vector database architectures, hybrid search strategies, and optimization at scale.

Security & DevOps Leadership

Strong expertise in application security (OWASP, threat modeling, AI security), authentication and authorization, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices.

Consensus Builder

Ability to articulate complex AI and architectural concepts to executive stakeholders and align cross-functional teams on a shared technical vision.

Nice to Have

Agentic Frameworks

Experience building with MCP servers or orchestration frameworks such as LangGraph or CrewAI.

Cloud-Native Expertise

Advanced AWS certifications or deep architectural experience optimizing large-scale AWS environments.

Domain Interest

Exposure to or interest in ESG, GRC, or compliance frameworks to drive product innovation.

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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.

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.

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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., 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 to work onsite at least 50% of the time. We believe that in-person engagement helps drive innovation, teamwork, and a strong sense of community.

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.

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