Senior Software Engineer Node.js TypeScript

Salary: £22,000 - 57,000 per year

Requirements:

• 5 to 8 years of professional software engineering experience delivering production systems in an agile environment.
• Strong backend development skills with Node.js and TypeScript, including experience designing and building APIs or microservices.
• Comfort contributing to technical design discussions and taking ownership of complex features or services end to end.
• Hands-on experience with AWS or other cloud-native development, automated testing, and deployment practices that support reliable delivery.
• Comfort working with SQL databases, Git, Docker-based workflows, and modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Practical understanding of AI-assisted engineering tools and broader LLM concepts, with the judgment to use them responsibly with privacy, security, cost, and quality in mind.
• Clear communication skills, a collaborative mindset, and experience supporting or mentoring other engineers within a product engineering team.

Responsibilities:

• Own and deliver complex backend services and APIs using Node.js, TypeScript, and AWS, from technical design through release and production support.
• Contribute to design and architecture discussions, making pragmatic decisions that balance delivery speed, maintainability, scalability, and security.
• Mentor and support less experienced engineers through code reviews, pairing, technical guidance, and day-to-day collaboration.
• Work closely with product managers, designers, and engineers across the team to turn requirements into practical, reliable solutions.
• Use AI tools to accelerate coding, debugging, testing, research, and documentation, while validating outputs carefully and applying sound judgment.
• Strengthen service reliability, observability, and engineering quality by improving monitoring, incident response, testing, and development practices.

Technologies:

• AI
• AWS
• Backend
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Docker
• Git
• Support
• LESS
• LLM
• SQL
• Security
• TypeScript
• microservices
• NodeJS
• Angular
• JavaScript
• React
• Terraform

More:

We are Diligent, the AI leader in governance, risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS solutions, helping more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members clarify risk and elevate governance. Our Diligent One Platform gives practitioners, the C-Suite, and the board a consolidated view of their entire GRC practice so they can manage risk, build resilience, and make better decisions faster. We build bold, modern solutions with AI at the center, and we value curiosity, experimentation, and continuous learning. We offer a flexible work environment, global days of service, comprehensive health benefits, meeting-free days, generous time off, and wellness programs. We have teams across the world with office hubs in New York City, Washington D.C., Vancouver, London, Galway, Budapest, Munich, Bengaluru, Singapore, and Sydney. This role follows a hybrid work model, with onsite work expected at least 50% of the time if you are within commuting distance of one of our office locations. We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and creating a positive impact through our global community.

last updated 34 week of 2026