Senior Software Engineer (Node.js, TypeScript)
Diligent Corporation15 days ago
London, United KingdomSenior / Staff+
Responsibilities
- Own complex backend services and APIs using Node.js, TypeScript, and AWS from technical design through production support.
- Contribute to technical design and architecture decisions balancing delivery speed, maintainability, scalability, and security.
- Mentor less experienced engineers through code reviews, pairing, technical guidance, and collaboration.
- Partner with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver reliable solutions.
- Use AI tools for coding, debugging, testing, research, and documentation while validating outputs responsibly.
- Improve service reliability, observability, monitoring, incident response, testing, and engineering practices.
Requirements
- 5 to 8 years of professional software engineering experience delivering production systems in an agile environment.
- Strong backend development experience with Node.js and TypeScript, including API or microservice design and development.
- Experience owning complex features or services end to end and contributing to technical design discussions.
- Hands-on AWS or other cloud-native development experience, automated testing, and reliable deployment practices.
- Experience with SQL databases, Git, Docker-based workflows, and modern CI/CD pipelines.
- Practical understanding of AI-assisted engineering tools and broader LLM concepts, including privacy, security, cost, and quality considerations.
- Clear communication, collaboration, and experience supporting or mentoring other engineers.
- Familiarity with infrastructure as code such as CDK or Terraform is preferred.
- Exposure to observability tooling, incident response, production monitoring, React, or Angular is preferred.
Benefits
- Flexible work environment, comprehensive health benefits, global days of service, meeting-free days, generous time off, and wellness programs.
- Hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite work required for employees within commuting distance of a Diligent office.
- Access to employee resource groups and diversity, education, and support resources.
- Diligent has office hubs in Washington, D.C., Vancouver, London, Galway, Budapest, Munich, Bengaluru, Singapore, Sydney, and New York City.
About Diligent Corporation
Diligent Corporation builds SaaS software for governance, risk, and compliance, best known for its board portal, entity management, audit, and risk tools used by directors, executives, and GRC teams. It sells on a subscription model and offers the Diligent One platform to centralize board workflows and enterprise GRC. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in New York, the company is privately held by Insight Partners and was previously listed on the New Zealand Exchange.