Staff Software Engineer (C++)

Join Our Team as a Staff Software Engineer (C++)

Diligent is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Staff Software Engineer to join our Governance Operations pillar. As a leader in modern governance, we provide SaaS solutions across governance, risk, compliance, audit, and ESG. Our mission is to empower leaders with the technology, insights, and connections they need to drive greater impact and accountability.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Support multiple teams in setting technical direction and influencing the engineering culture. Focus on continuous learning, improvement, and collaboration.
• Mentorship: Mentor and coach cross-functional teams and individuals, fostering a culture of growth and development.
• Software Development: Design, code, review, and test assigned features and user stories, adhering to agile methodologies.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product owners to analyze and document technical requirements and user stories.
• Documentation: Produce high-level technical design artifacts and create high-quality operational and system documentation.
• Communication: Effectively communicate with other development teams, production operations, and technology groups to ensure smooth delivery of software to production.

Required Experience/Skills

• 7+ years of experience in a hands-on development role at a commercial software company.
• Expertise in designing and implementing distributed enterprise software solutions.
• Excellent understanding of C++ and web frontend development (HTML/CSS/JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Understanding of CI/CD concepts and experience with at least one CI/CD system.
• Experience in mentoring and technical interviewing.
• Familiarity with Agile/SCRUM/Lean software development methodologies.

Preferred Experience/Skills

• Eagerness to learn new languages and frameworks.
• Experience supporting multiple development teams.

What Diligent Offers You

• Innovative Culture: Creativity is ingrained in our culture. We thrive on exploring new ways to improve both our internal processes and client solutions.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy a flexible work environment, global days of service, comprehensive health benefits, meeting-free days, a generous time-off policy, and wellness programs.
• Global Presence: While headquartered in New York City, we have office hubs in Washington D.C., Vancouver, London, Galway, Budapest, Munich, Bengaluru, Singapore, and Sydney.
• Commitment to Diversity: We prioritize growing, maintaining, and promoting a diverse team. Our Employee Resource Groups and educational resources support diversity and inclusion.

Join us at Diligent and be part of a global community on a mission to make a real impact. We are passionate about building the software company of the future and making the world a more sustainable, equitable, and better place.

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. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures.