Principal Software Engineer (Python, AI)
DiligentLondon, England, United Kingdom • New York, New York, United States
Posted March 3, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
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.
Job Description
This is a principal-level role for someone who has already operated at Staff or Principal Engineer level in a sizeable engineering organization and can point to specific platform decisions — in production today — that they own. You'll set the technical direction for our AI-enabled platform: architecting secure, scalable, serverless systems on AWS, defining the patterns and governance practices that multiple teams adopt, and guiding where AI genuinely adds value across the stack.
Requirements
- Principal-level track record at scale
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 3 years' operating at Staff or Principal Engineer level in an organization of 100+ engineers
- Deep, opinionated AWS platform expertise
- Production AI systems experience
- AI governance in practice
- API design and backend platform delivery
- Org-level communication and influence
Benefits
- Flexible work environment
- Global days of service
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Meeting free days
- Generous time off policy
- Wellness programs
