Technical Director, Data Engineering

Strong Hands-On Engineering Experience

Candidates should have significant real-world experience building and operating production systems using many of the following:

Data & Distributed Systems

Elasticsearch / OpenSearch

Vector databases and semantic retrieval systems

MongoDB, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, or similar platforms

$180,000

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$210,000 CAD

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

Design and build scalable data platforms and distributed processing systems

Develop modern ingestion, transformation, and retrieval pipelines for structured and unstructured data

Build systems supporting AI/LLM applications, semantic search, RAG pipelines, vector search, and agentic workflows

Work hands-on with engineering teams to implement production-grade solutions rather than producing slideware

Evaluate and standardize frameworks, tooling, and infrastructure patterns across teams

Improve performance, reliability, observability, and cost efficiency of data systems

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. The Diligent One Platform gives practitioners, the C-Suite and the board a consolidated view of their entire GRC practice so they can more effectively manage risk, build greater resilience and make better decisions, faster.

At Diligent, we're building the future with people who think boldly and move fast.  Whether you're designing systems that leverage large language models or part of a team reimaging workflows with AI, you'll help us unlock entirely new ways of working and thinking.  Curiosity is in our DNA, we look for individuals willing to ask the big questions and experiment fearlessly - those who embrace change not as a challenge, but as an opportunity.  The future belongs to those who keep learning, and we are building it together.  At Diligent, you’re not just building the future - you’re an agent of positive change, joining a global community on a mission to make an impact.

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