Senior UX Developer

About Us Diligent is the global leader in modern governance, providing SaaS solutions across governance, risk, compliance, audit and ESG. Empowering more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members and leaders with a holistic view of their organization’s GRC practices so they can make better decisions, faster. No matter the challenge. At Diligent, you are an agent of positive change. You are joining a team of passionate, smart, 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. Be a part of a global community on a mission to make a real impact. Learn more at  diligent.com . Position Overview As a versatile front end developer on the design system team, you will play a vital role in the realization of a new UI foundation for our entire product platform. Our team has ambitious goals and we need your help to design, build and maintain the front end libraries for our next generation design system and the tooling around them.   Together with a cross-functional team of engineers, designers, technical writers, and product managers, you will bring Diligent’s vision of modern governance, risk, and compliance to our customers and enable them to make more responsible, equitable, data-driven decisions.  Key Responsibilities Team up with product designers to take our design system to an exciting new level of sophistication and maturity. Partner closely with engineers across various product teams to develop abstractions and tools that enable the rapid development of high-quality web and mobile interfaces. Own the front-end tooling, automation, and deployment pipelines for the design system. Contribute to themes for UI component libraries, demo apps, templates and code examples, custom React, Angular and Web Components, automated tests, and developer documentation. Provide guidance, mentorship, and support to engineering teams on topics like front-end coding practices, design patterns, and web application architecture. Conduct research and produce recommendations that will shape both the end user experience and the developer experience. Explore new tools and technologies that can advance our design system and share this knowledge with other engineers. Required Experiences/Skills You have 5+ years of professional experience building web applications in an agile environment and expert understanding of ES6/TypeScript, React and/or Angular, and CSS. You have experience with complete front end toolchains including package management, bundling, monorepo management, and automated testing. You are familiar with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, AWS CodeBuild, Jenkins, etc. You have experience with UI component libraries like Material UI, Angular Material, Ant Design, Chakra, or proprietary solutions. You love to automate and streamline processes and you enjoy tinkering and experimenting. You are excited about improving the experience of developers and want to understand the conditions that allow them to thrive. You are passionate about crafting responsive, cross-browser compatible, standards compliant, accessible user interfaces. You are an enthusiastic collaborator who listens respectfully and voices their opinion with conviction. You take ownership of your work – making decisions, defending them soundly, and holding yourself responsible for the outcomes they produce. This position will provide an opportunity to  Make a difference – Our products are in the hands of the most influential people in the world, and we believe that great governance tools help leaders to make sound decisions on behalf of their organizations. Have a voice – Bringing your ideas forward is not only encouraged, but also expected and we’ll empower you to always do that. Be challenged – The problems we solve are complex and we embrace that with passion and creativity. 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., Baltimore, London, Galway, Budapest, Vancouver, Bengaluru, Munich, and Sydney.    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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