Software Engineering Manager
Engineering Manager – AI-Native ESG Intelligence Platform
Are you ready to architect the future of ethical business? At Diligent, you won’t just manage a team — you’ll lead the development of our new AI-native product, an intelligent SaaS platform that enables the world’s largest organizations to navigate the complex landscape of ESG and sustainability with confidence.
If you’re passionate about building high-scale SaaS platforms and working at the forefront of GenAI-driven product innovation, your next big challenge starts here.
As an Engineering Manager, you will own the delivery of a mission-critical platform designed to automate and streamline supplier due diligence. You’ll guide a high-performing engineering team across the Node.js and React ecosystem while integrating advanced AI/ML capabilities using AWS Bedrock and Python.
You are a strategic technical leader who thrives on designing distributed systems and microservices that are scalable, reliable, and secure. You will bridge product vision and technical execution, ensuring this AI-native intelligence engine becomes a benchmark for AI-driven Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) solutions. The platform will mine, synthesize, and contextualize information from vast, distributed knowledge sources to deliver actionable insights.
What You’ll Do
Lead the AI Frontier
Drive the technical roadmap with an AI-first mindset. Oversee full-stack SaaS implementation and accelerate delivery using AI-powered engineering tools such as Cursor and GitHub Copilot. Architect advanced GenAI systems including RAG pipelines, semantic search, and agentic AI solutions.
Empower Your Team
Mentor and grow a high-performing engineering team. Foster a culture of continuous learning, technical excellence, accountability, and high-quality code across the SDLC.
Architect for Scale
Design and implement distributed systems and cloud-native architectures capable of supporting over one million global users with high availability and resilience.
Collaborate Strategically
Partner closely with Product, Security, and DevOps to align technical delivery with Diligent’s long-term platform strategy and growth objectives.
Ensure Data Integrity and AI Quality
Lead the development of centralized workflows for parsing, validating, and enriching survey data, ensuring traceability, explainability, and high-quality AI outputs.
What You Bring
Engineering Leadership
8–10 years of software engineering experience, including a proven track record of leading teams and delivering complex, enterprise-grade SaaS platforms.
Modern Technology Expertise
Strong proficiency in Node.js and React, with hands-on experience in PostgreSQL or MySQL, Docker, and containerized environments.
AI/ML Systems Experience
Experience designing and delivering production-grade AI systems leveraging LLMs, vector databases, prompt engineering, and RAG architectures.
Cloud Architecture Excellence
Deep experience with AWS, including Bedrock and enterprise-scale AI deployments.
Operational Rigor
Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, secure deployment practices, IAM, and secrets management at scale.
Collaborative Leadership
Ability to build alignment across cross-functional stakeholders and clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both engineering and executive audiences.
Nice to Have
Python Expertise
Experience with Python and AI-oriented frameworks such as Django or FastAPI.
Agentic AI Frameworks
Hands-on experience or familiarity with agentic AI frameworks such as LangGraph, CrewAI, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.
*** Only Bangalore Candidates may apply
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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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 recruitment@diligent.com.
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