Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer

As a Staff Software Engineer at Diligent, you'll create robust, scalable, and secure microservices that power our SaaS platform for governance. You'll leverage AWS (serverless or migrations) with TypeScript, own services end-to-end (code, deployment, monitoring), drive architecture discussions, and regularly demo to the department. A critical part of this role is shaping our AI strategy: you'll lead design decisions, embed AI responsibly into systems, and mentor teams on AI capabilities, safety, and governance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Champion the design and delivery of secure, high-performance microservices on AWS, driving architecture decisions and empowering team members through mentorship.
• Set technical direction across multiple teams, spotting system pain points and proposing improvements.
• Pioneer AI-driven solutions by advising on model capabilities, crafting effective prompt strategies, and embedding governance and monitoring into development workflows.
• Partner with Product, Security, and DevOps to shape technical roadmaps, ensure compliance, and seamlessly integrate AI features that deliver real business value.
• Continuously elevate our toolkit by evaluating and piloting cutting-edge technologies (including AI toolchains), optimizing for performance, cost efficiency, and developer productivity.
• Own projects end-to-end—from ideation and prototyping to deployment, monitoring, and iteration—ensuring resilient, maintainable systems and top-notch code quality.
• Mentor engineers in best practices and AI-augmented workflows, fostering a culture of experimentation, learning, and ethical AI adoption.
• Stay ahead of emerging AI trends and regulations, proactively adapting designs and practices to meet evolving standards and steer future innovation.

Required Experience/Skills:

• 7–10 years delivering secure, scalable applications in agile environments.
• Understanding of model architectures (e.g., transformer vs. retrieval-augmented), bias and safety concerns, prompt engineering, and proven experience shaping AI strategy and mentoring teams on responsible AI use. Ability to architect AI systems with embedded monitoring and governance.
• Design and review scalable, high-performance system architectures, APIs, and data models, while writing high-quality, testable code in Node.js, React, and TypeScript/JavaScript, including reusable libraries and frameworks.
• Lead end-to-end DevOps and platform engineering, including CI/CD pipeline design with strong guardrails, infrastructure-as-code and modern deployment strategies, cloud observability and incident response, and cost-aware architecture and capacity planning across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Integrates security best practices (IAM, secrets management) into all work, including AI components, and embeds bias/privacy checks in delivery pipelines.
• Strong communication of technical and AI-related concepts to diverse stakeholders; proven ability to lead projects, influence engineering culture, and mentor peers in AI-augmented workflows.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent experience.

*** Only Bangalore candidates may apply