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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 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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Position Overview:
Diligent is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Cloud Infrastructure team, with a specific focus on bridging the gap between infrastructure and application development. The candidate will interface with Diligent's product software engineering teams to advise and enable teams, and continually improve and automate processes. This role will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the core infrastructure in AWS, with a keen eye on optimizing the environment for the development of cutting-edge applications. Core infrastructure includes security governance (ie control tower), shared networking administration, etc.
The ideal candidate will have a background in (web) application development with a strong interest in implementing infrastructure-as-code. This is a software engineering position: you will be expected to read and write “application” code (e.g. Python, TypeScript, shell-script, Ruby, etc.), not only to support application teams, but also to orchestrate infrastructure processes and operations.
Although experience implementing infrastructure-as-code is desired, it is not required since we think your experience as a (web) application developer will allow you to quickly learn how to “codify” infrastructure. However, we require the ability to build the infrastructure for a web application using components provided by cloud infrastructure platforms (e.g. AWS). Please note that since the focus of this position is on infrastructure, you will not be writing as much “application” code as a typical user-facing application developer. Instead, you will doing development in Terraform / CDK and writing “application” code as necessary to support infrastructure (instead of end-users).
Key Responsibilities:
Architect, design, and help implement methods to optimize Diligent's AWS environment and processes
Advise product software engineering teams on product and core infrastructure design
Develop and deploy infrastructure-as-code using best practices
Required Experience/Skills:
Background in (web) application development
Experience designing, building, and securing solutions in AWS
Experience monitoring, inspecting, and debugging services built in AWS
Understanding of the software development lifecycle.
Experience managing cloud resources using an infrastructure-as-code model, using Terraform and/or AWS CDK, preferably using TypeScript
Experience leveraging AI-powered tools to enhance Infrastructure-as-Code workflows—such as using AI to accelerate code generation, detect IaC vulnerabilities, optimize configurations, or automate monitoring and governance in AWS environments
Proficiency in using AI-assisted development and observability platforms (e.g. LLM-based code suggestion tools, AI-driven monitoring or anomaly detection systems) to elevate infrastructure reliability, code quality, and team productivity.
Experience using code deployment tools, such as GitHub, CodeBuild and CodePipeline
Excellent communication and relationship building skills: the Cloud Infrastructure team interfaces with many of Diligent's software development and site reliability teams
Ability to work in a fast paced environment
AWS Developer, SysOps Administrator, or a Solutions Architect certification is a plus
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, Galwa
About the Company
Diligent created the modern governance movement. As the leading governance, risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS company, we serve 1 million users from over 25,000 customers around the globe. Our innovative platform gives leaders a connected view of governance, risk, compliance and ESG across their organization. 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 peo...
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