Software Engineer II (MERN Stack)

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.

At Diligent were building the future with people who think boldly and move fast. Whether youre designing systems that leverage large language models or part of a team reimaging workflows with AI youll 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 youre not just building the future - youre an agent of positive change joining a global community on a mission to make an impact.

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Position Overview :

As a Software Engineer II at Diligent youll take on a hands-on technical role in building secure scalable and high-performing serverless microservices using TypeScript on AWS. Youll contribute meaningfully to our mission of making governance effortless for our customers working in a team that owns its services end to endfrom architecture and implementation to monitoring and continuous improvement.

This role is ideal for a mid-level engineer who writes solid code mentors others and embraces AI-powered tools to work smarter and faster. Youll guide junior engineers shape architectural discussions and help scale modern development practices including responsible use of AI in workflows.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and deliver well-defined stories independently with a clear grasp of team architecture frameworks and tools.
• Actively contribute to code reviews testing practices and maintain service stability.
• Support and guide junior engineers (SE-I) fostering collaboration knowledge sharing and constructive feedback.
• Maintain healthy development flow by adhering to Agile processes and driving iterative enhancements.
• Use AI tools to accelerate coding debugging testing research and code reviews always validating outputs and applying judgment.
• Understand core LLM concepts (e.g. tokens context length hallucinations) recognize safe vs. unsafe use cases and flag ethical privacy or cost concerns.

Required Experience / Skills

What Diligent Offers You

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 also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories consistent with legal requirements. See alsoDiligents EEO Policy and Know Your 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 .

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Key Skills

Spring,.NET,C / C++,Go,React,OOP,C#,Data Structures,JavaScript,Software Development,Java,Distributed Systems

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1