Software Engineer in Test I

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
The Software Engineer in Test I will work with product managers to understand the customer needs, design the functionalities, and translate requirements to test plans. Evaluate risks in the system, build and optimize automation frameworks to guard the robustness, scalability and security of the micro-services that power our SaaS platform. Also, will develop tools that make our development, testing, deployment, and monitoring systems efficient. Have the full power of AWS at your disposal while you focus on building and testing Serverless solutions (either brand new or assisting in migrating services to Serverless). 

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrates entry level technical capabilities.

• Ability to complete smaller stories independently, more complex ones with guidance from senior members of the team.

• Curious and high potential for learning and growing as an engineer.

• Understand the process and keep the Flow healthy.

• Understands specifications, can draw up test scenarios, create regression test cases and updates test cases as needed.

• Executes test cases and analyses test results. Interrogating failed scenarios and accurately record defects following them through to resolution.

What you need to succeed

• 1-3 years of professional experience delivering large-scale, high availability, secure applications in an agile environment.

• Bachelors' degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or related field.

• Should have experience in manual testing

• Strong problem solving and debugging skills with meticulous attention to detail and with a diligent mindset.

• Passion for learning, sharing your knowledge and continuous improvement.

• Proficiency in Javascript / Typescript including Object-Oriented design.

• Hands on working experience with test frameworks based on open-source test framework stacks such as Cypress, Selenium, K6, Jest. Junit.

Preferred Experience/Skills 

• Experience working with Agile and Kanban / Scrum processes and following strong development and
testing processes.

• Experience with good security practices in enterprise application developmen

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

To all recruitment agencies: Diligent does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Diligent employees or any other organization location. Diligent is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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