Principal Software Engineer
Diligent Corporation · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Diligent Corporation's roles stay open a median of 78 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Diligent Corporation's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Diligent Corporation
- high 114 stale, 7 reposted of 117 open
- Hiring momentum
- 182 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-22
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Diligent Corporation's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Diligent Corporation.
About this role
The Principal Software Engineer will lead the development of an enterprise SaaS platform, focusing on technical leadership and hands-on engineering. Responsibilities include defining technical architecture, driving the adoption of AI-native practices, and mentoring engineers while working with backend, frontend, cloud, and AI technologies. The role emphasizes solving complex engineering challenges and modernizing the platform.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Diligent Corporation as an employer.
What you need
- 12+ years of experience building and delivering production software
- Strong experience designing and building large-scale SaaS or cloud-based applications
- Strong hands-on backend experience with Node.js/TypeScript and/or Python
- Strong experience with system design, including both HLD and LLD
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architecture, scalability and reliability
- Experience designing and building APIs, backend services and data-intensive applications
Nice to have
- Experience building enterprise SaaS, multi-tenant or highly distributed platforms
- Experience working across multiple cloud platforms or leading cloud modernization initiatives
- Experience with serverless and event-driven architectures
- Experience working with LLMs, RAG or other AI application patterns
- Experience scaling AI-native engineering practices across teams
What you get
- Flexible work environment
- Global days of service
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Meeting free days
- Generous time off policy
- Wellness programs
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Role involves significant AI integration, which may require adapting to new technologies and practices
- Hybrid work model requires onsite presence at least 50% of the time
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Listed by Diligent Corporation on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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