At Vanta, our mission is to secure the internet and protect consumer data. We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously, and we empower companies to practice better security and prove it with ease. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it.
Our Senior Software Engineers lead and mentor engineers, delivering high-value products for our customers and infrastructure that enables our business to scale.
Vanta’s product monitors the security posture for thousands of companies, pulling tens of millions of API calls of data per day, pushing information from hundreds of thousands of laptop agents, and running tests against that data continuously to identify potential security threats. Our infrastructure and tooling need to stay ahead of exponential growth in our customer base. As a Senior Software Engineer at Vanta, you’ll be responsible for setting technical direction to provide a strong foundation for our infrastructure to scale with our business. You will also drive complex projects across our technical stack and mentor our talented engineering team. Your past experience will be leveraged to enable and accelerate Vanta’s growth.
Vanta engineers design and develop new product functionality and infrastructure leveraging modern frameworks and tooling, including TypeScript, React, Node.js, MongoDB, and various AWS services such as Fargate and ECS.
What you’ll do as a Senior Software Engineer on the Core Platform team at Vanta:
Vanta’s Core Platform team’s mission is to enable Vanta teams to efficiently build products for our customers. The Core Platform is responsible for both the core infrastructure and developer productivity at Vanta. You and your team empower other Vanta engineers to leverage cutting-edge technologies and best practices to make Vanta more performant and scalable on a platform level. Example projects include improving our automated testing infrastructure and tooling and introducing new paradigms for background workers. This team has a wide breadth of impact for all the other work that product engineers do. All the items we work on are compounded in their value by making it easier for engineers to diagnose and solve bugs and issues, and ship value quickly for our customers.
You will also:
Design and build CI and build systems to ensure Vanta engineers are building robust product quickly
Modernize our testing tooling and tighten iteration loops in the developer experience
Solve upcoming scalability problems related to our build system, developer workflows / experience, and key infrastructure and services
Lead complex projects with multiple stakeholders and engineers to enable our business and team to scale
Support design reviews, communicate constraints, and help engineers make the right trade-offs
Set direction for critical infrastructure, enabling us to stay ahead of continued rapid growth.
Work with talented and kind engineers to make a significant impact on our customer base, enabling them to improve their security and prove it
Contribute to building Vanta’s engineering culture as we grow
How to be successful in this role:
Have at least 5 years of industry experience
Have experience with complex infrastructure challenges related to scale, reliability, and performance
Have played technical leadership roles for teams or complex projects
Have an interest in learning about security or prior experience in the space
Work with talented and kind engineers to make a significant impact on our customer base, enabling them to improve their security and prove it
Contribute to building Vanta’s engineering culture as we grow
What you can expect as a Vantan:
Industry-competitive compensation
100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage
16 weeks fully-paid parental Leave for all new parents
Health & wellness and remote workplace stipends
Family planning benefits through Carrot Fertility
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours and location
Open PTO policy
11 paid holidays in the US
Offices in SF, NYC, Dublin, and Sydney
To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate location, skills, depth of work experience, and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below. We hire for this position at multiple levels internally and the base pay range for this position for US based candidates is $163,000 - $223,000 USD.
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At Vanta, we are committed to hiring diverse talent of different backgrounds and as such, it is important to us to provide an inclusive work environment for all. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender identity, age, religion, sexual orientation, veteran or disability status, or any other protected class. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage and welcome people of all backgrounds to apply.
About Vanta
We started in 2018, in the wake of several high-profile data breaches. Online security was only becoming more important, but we knew firsthand how hard it could be for fast-growing companies to invest the time and manpower it takes to build a solid security foundation. Vanta was inspired by a vision to restore trust in internet businesses by enabling companies to improve and prove their security.From our early days automating security monitoring for compliance standards like SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001 to creating the world's leading Trust Management Platform, our vision remains unchanged.
Now more than ever, making security continuous—not just a point-in-time check— is essential. Thousands of companies rely on Vanta to build, maintain and demonstrate their trust— all in a way that's real-time and transparent.
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At Vanta, we're on a mission to secure the internet and protect consumer data, and we're looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Core Platform) to join our talented team! If you're passionate about security and have a knack for solving complex infrastructure challenges, you'll feel right at home here. As a Senior Software Engineer on our Core Platform team, you'll take the lead in building robust systems that help us scale efficiently while empowering our engineering teams to thrive. From designing and modernizing our CI systems to tackling scalability issues, your expertise will directly contribute to the performance and reliability of our products. Your role involves collaborating with talented engineers, setting technical directions, and mentoring others to reach their potential. At Vanta, we value diverse experiences; whether you have a background in security or are willing to learn, we're excited to hear from you. If you're ready to leverage your skills to help thousands of companies secure their data and enhance their security practices, Vanta is the place for you. Join us in shaping the future of online security, and let's empower businesses to prove their commitment to safeguarding consumer data together!
Vanta is the leading trust management platform that helps simplify & centralize security for organizations of all sizes.
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