Software Engineer (C++)

Software Engineer (C++)

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.

As a Software Engineer on the Entities product team at Diligent, you will play a hands-on technical role in developing, maintaining, and enhancing core entity management functionalities within our Governance Data Platform pillar. The Entities product team is responsible for handling essential metadata, organization structures, and hierarchical relationships, making a major impact on how business-critical data is defined and managed throughout Diligent's ecosystem.

You will deliver performant backend features in C++ and contribute to frontend development for Entities. This role suits mid-level engineers who write robust, maintainable code, mentor others, and leverage AI-driven tools to continually improve processes. The team works with a mix of technologies, aiming to deliver stable and forward-looking solutions that support organizational governance at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize backend components for entity modeling, data processing, and management using C++
• Collaborate with product designers and frontend engineers to deliver intuitive and reliable entity management features on modern web platforms such as React, Angular, or similar frameworks
• Contribute to ongoing improvements in codebase stability, maintainability, and scalability
• Engage in code reviews, unit testing, and troubleshooting, while sharing knowledge and promoting code quality across the team
• Guide and support junior engineers in both backend and frontend technical practices
• Use AI-powered tools to advance productivity in coding, debugging, documentation, and research, applying clear judgment when evaluating AI outputs
• Participate in Agile development, driving iterative delivery and rapid improvements
• Work closely with international colleges

Required Experience/Skills

• 3–5 years of professional software engineering experience in an agile, fast-paced environment.
• Familiar with core AI concepts (tokens, context length, embeddings, hallucinations), understands high-level LLM behaviour, and recognizes safe vs. unsafe use cases (privacy, security, fairness).
• Proficient in C++ for backend development, data modeling, and processing
• Open-mindedness in delivering frontend components in a wide range of technologies
• Experience using Git/GitHub for collaborative codebase management
• Strong communication and cross-functional teamwork skills, comfortable with sharing technical designs and knowledge
• Responsible use of AI to accelerate development, with attention to privacy, security, and ethical implications
• Experience with AWS cloud services is a bonus but not required

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.

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