Staff Software Engineer (AWS, SQL)

Here’s a summary of the role:   

You’re ready to work at scale — re‑thinking how data is collected, processed and delivered to our customers end‑to‑end. As a Staff Software Engineer working on a  building up a cutting edge data ecosystem, you’ll shape architectures that power feeds, analytics platforms, reports and dashboards used by customers every day. You’ll explore and apply cloud technologies, distributed systems, AI solutions, influencing technical direction while still getting hands‑on with code. This role is for you if you thrive on data pipelines, APIs, cloud‑native services, scalability, performance, and reliability, enjoy technical leadership, and want your engineering decisions to have visible impact from ingestion to insight. 

Here’s a breakdown of what you’ll do (not all of it, just the important stuff): 

• Set technical direction across teams, driving ai-native and cloud‑native architecture and long‑term system evolution 

• Lead design of secure, scalable MCP hosts, and AWS microservices, balancing performance, reliability, and cost 

• Influence AI adoption through AI first solution desing, model guidance, prompt strategy, and built‑in governance and monitoring 

• Shape roadmaps with Product, Security, and DevOps to deliver compliant, high‑impact solutions 

• Evaluate and pilot emerging technologies to boost developer productivity and platform capability 

• Mentor engineers, raising engineering standards and fostering ethical, AI‑aware practices 

 

These are the essentials you’ll need to get an interview: 

• Deep background in enterprise software design, implementation, and operation (OOP, commercial environments) 

• Extensive hands‑on experience with cloud native architecture and services, ideally on AWS 

• Strong foundation in data driven systems: data acquisition, processing pipelines, and customer facing reporting 

• Proven experience with delivering AI based customer solutions to production 

• Familiarity with modern data transformation tools such as dbt 

• Proven expertise with SQL and NoSQL databases, alongside APIs and microservices at scale 

• Senior engineer mindset: proactive problem solver, comfortable owning outcomes 

• Leading multiple concurrent projects and ensuring strong collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders 

• Passion for continuous improvement—sharing knowledge, refining processes, and raising the bar across teams 

• Curiosity for new tools and patterns, with a pragmatic approach to adopting what works best 

 

 It would be great if you had these to, but we’ll support you if you don’t: 

• Experience with TypeScript and Python in production, ideally across data‑ and service‑oriented systems 

• Hands‑on experience with PostgreSQL and strong SQL workflows 

• Exposure to cloud data platforms, especially Snowflake, at scale 

• Comfortable working across the full data lifecycle—from ingestion to analytics and reporting 

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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.

Learn more at diligent.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook

 

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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