Position Overview: Diligent is looking for someone who has a strong knowledge of development to join our Centre for Global Product Innovation in Budapest and together build our new comprehensive Data Platform. We collect information from tens of thousands of sources and process this large amount of data with various tools including ML classification, NLP, and tagging to provide input for our Data Science team and deliver invaluable insights tailored to our clients, all built on native AWS.The ideal candidate will have proven ability to apply effective analysis, design, programming, and testing skills to produce and maintain scaled SaaS software solutions. They will be driven, resourceful and not feel intimidated by significant technical challenges. They will want to take ownership of the features they are working on, proactively drive improvements in software design and development practices, and might work with more junior members of the team to help develop their skills and optimize the performance of the team over time. Key Responsibilities
In addition to core development activities for core modules and integration projects, you will be required to: Design, code, review and test assigned features and user stories, in accordance with the agile methodology employed by Diligent. Influence the design of the future state of the product, including separating out major components and sub-systems, designing and delivering prototypes, especially for back-end components. Collaborate with the product owner and engineering manager in the analysis and documentation of technical requirements and user stories for assigned features. Assist with production of high quality operational and system documentation as required. Communicate effectively with other development teams, production operations, and several other technology groups, to ensure regular smooth delivery of working software to production.
Required Experience/Skills
2+ years’ experience in a hands-on development role at a commercial software company Experience (2+ years) with Python Experience with cloud tools, cloud native development, IaC, preferably AWS. Problem-solver attitude – Technology agnostic approach Good written and oral communications Solid troubleshooting ability and skills Ability to contribute to the effectiveness of a high-performing agile team, and to the product innovation. Successfully manage own workload, and take personal responsibility and ownership for delivery, behaviours, and self-improvement Keen to improve processes and share knowledge across the team.
Preferred Experience/Skills
Experience with Django framework. Experience with PostgreSQL and/or ElasticSearch. Experience with Microservices architecture. Experience with REST API Test Driven Development experience. CI/CD experience, containers, cloud deployments, GitHub actions Experience with AWS CDK, TypeScript Experience with Agile/SCRUM/Lean software development. Keen to learn more about new languages and frameworks. Familiarity with Git/GitHub and Gitflow.
