Senior Software Engineer

About the job

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, 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

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to lead the design and implementation of our data platform, enabling decentralized data ownership with federated governance across business domains. You will build scalable, self-service platforms that empower teams, integrate diverse data sources, and ensure governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) requirements are met.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement domain-oriented, federated data architectures with clear APIs, SLAs, and ownership.
• Build self-serve data infrastructure platforms for discovery, access, and lifecycle management.
• Implement automated governance and compliance policies at scale.
• Lead development of high-performance pipelines, data catalogs, and monitoring systems.
• Integrate data from enterprise systems, cloud-native services, external APIs, IoT, and unstructured sources.
• Utilize MCP Server for orchestration and workflow control of pipelines and compliance processes.
• Mentor engineers and drive adoption of data-as-a-product thinking across teams.

Core Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5-10 years in data engineering with increasing leadership responsibilities.
• 3+ years with distributed data architectures and multi-domain ecosystems.
• Strong expertise in Python, SQL, and distributed computing (Spark, Flink, Kafka).
• Experience with AWS (or multi-cloud), hands on experience on AWS services, setting up Containerize applications through IAC Tools like Terraform, CDK.
• Familiarity with data catalog/discovery tools (e.g., DataHub, Collibra), schema evolution, and data marketplaces.
• Hands-on experience with GRC-focused systems, MCP Server, policy automation and AI technology.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of real-time analytics, MLOps, and self-healing pipelines.
• Experience in regulated industries and with privacy/regulatory standards (GDPR, CCPA).
• Exposure to emerging data technologies (e.g., Data Mesh platforms, decentralized protocols).

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

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