Application Engineer in Budapest

Here’s a summary of the role: As a Staff Ruby on Rails Engineer at Diligent, you will set technical direction for secure, scalable, and high-performing SaaS applications and services that power our governance platform. This role is ideal for you if you thrive on solving the hardest technical problems, shaping architecture across multiple teams, and driving how the organization builds software — including how we responsibly adopt AI into our engineering practices and products. You will own critical systems end-to-end, partner closely with Product, Security, DevOps, and other engineering leaders to shape technical roadmaps, and mentor engineers across the department. A key part of this role is helping define our AI strategy: embedding AI responsibly into our systems and workflows, advising on where AI tools and capabilities can meaningfully improve delivery, and raising the bar on how the team uses them safely and effectively. Here’s a breakdown of what you’ll do (not all of it, just the important stuff): Champion the design, delivery, and evolution of secure, scalable Ruby on Rails applications and services, driving architecture decisions across multiple teams and codebases, with responsibility for scalability, reliability, and the underlying infrastructure required to run them effectively. Set technical direction for major projects and platform initiatives, from solution design and prototyping through implementation and production ownership. Own and evolve the technical roadmap by identifying, shaping, and driving new technical initiatives and investments. Develop and evolve web applications and services with a strong focus on scalability, maintainability, reliability, and long-term platform health. Identify systemic pain points across services and propose pragmatic architectural improvements, including decomposition of monoliths and evolution toward service-oriented or microservices patterns where it adds valu

Here's a summary of the role: You're a hands-on engineer who enjoys solving complex data challenges at scale. You'll join the Data Hub team, building the shared data platform that supports reporting, analytics, AI, and Data Science initiatives across Diligent. Working with Python, SQL, AWS, and cloud-native technologies, you'll help process, organize, and enrich large volumes of data while developing scalable services and modern data solutions. You'll collaborate closely with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, and fellow engineers to deliver high-quality features, improve platform capabilities, and shape the future of our data ecosystem. If you enjoy ownership, solving challenging problems, experimenting with new technologies, and working in a collaborative environment, you'll fit right in. Here's a breakdown of what you'll do (not all of it, just the important stuff): Design, develop, review, and test features and user stories following Agile development practices Contribute to core platform development and integration projects across multiple systems Participate in shaping the future architecture of the product , including designing scalable backend services and prototypes Collaborate with Product Owners and Engineering Managers to analyze, refine, and document technical requirements Build and maintain cloud-native solutions and microservices-based applications Leverage AI-assisted development tools , code assistants, and modern engineering workflows to improve delivery efficiency Support the creation and maintenance of high-quality operational and technical documentation Continuously identify opportunities to improve engineering processes, quality, and team effectiveness These are the essentials you'll need to get an interview: 2+ years of experience in a hands-on software development role within a commercial software environment Strong programming experi