About Us

Diligent is the leading governance, risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS company, serving 1 million users from over 25,000 organizations around the world. Our software enables holistic and informed conversations about GRC and ESG to ensure CEOs, CFOs and the board have an integrated view of audit, risk, information security, ethics and compliance from across the organization.

Position Overview

The Engineering Manager is responsible for leading and developing an engineering team, typically responsible for a layer of our new comprehensive Data & Intelligence Platform. This includes contribution to defining new standards, best practices, architectural decisions. Also planning and directing the work of software engineers, monitoring their work, setting clear, measurable goals, addressing roadblocks, and clearing the way. He / she works with employees on career development plans. Displays excellent knowledge of the field with strong leadership skills; can resolve critical and complex issues; contributes to business unit/area development. Works cross-functionally with other leaders around the company to resolve challenges and propose improvements to existing processes. Owns the technical roadmap, prioritization of development activities, and scoping out work with Product Managers. Works closely with directors on departmental issues.

Key Responsibilities:

Help laying down the foundations of the Data Platform and maintain high level of standards
Collaborate closely with all Data pillars to optimize the delivery and reliability of the ecosystem
Lead, support, and inspire team members to perform at a high professional level
Own technical delivery for features and technical enhancements for the engineering team
Collaborate often and effectively with our product management and user experience groups to ensure the team is building the right things with high quality that will delight our customers
Anticipate, identify, assess, track, and mitigate project risks and issues
Contributing to the quality assurance/testing strategy

Required Experience/Skills:

10 or more years of experience in software development, with at least 3 years in leadership or management
Full-stack engineer background with a proven track record of building and supporting SaaS based commercial products
Ability to enable autonomous teams
Resourceful and fast learner of new technologies and methods
Experience with AWS is required, Terraform is a plus
Experience building and using Rest web services
Experience with microservice architecture
Experience with big data concepts is a big plus
Contributions to open-source projects and involvement in local meetups are a plus
You are fluent in English and you are not afraid of working in an agile environment.
Experience in People Management, mentoring, coaching
Self-directed positive problem solver
Excellent written and oral communications
Successfully manage own workload, and take personal responsibility and ownership for delivery, behaviors, and self-improvement

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, competitive vacation policy and meeting-free days across the company. We care about our team’s health and wellness and even offer a quarterly health club reimbursement!
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, 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, and Sydney. 

_{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 EEO is the Law. 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 [email protected].}

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Software Engineering Manager

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