Senior Software Engineer, Foundations

Vanta; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanta is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to enhance the scalability and reliability of their core data systems. The role involves collaborating across teams, mentoring junior engineers, and driving initiatives for operational excellence. This position offers competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Benefits

100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits

16 weeks fully-paid parental leave

Health & wellness stipends

401(k) matching

Flexible work hours and location

Open PTO policy

11 paid holidays in the US

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in backend engineering.
• Comfortable with distributed systems and scaling challenges.
• Experience leading technical projects from concept to completion.

Responsibilities

• Improve scalability and reliability of core data systems.
• Collaborate with product and design teams to prioritize work.
• Mentor junior team members and set cultural examples.

Skills

Distributed Systems

Event-Driven Architecture

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Job description

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.

The Foundations team sits at the heart of Vanta’s architecture and is critical to unlocking current and future Vanta products. We fetch, process, and serve the core resource and evidence data that powers Vanta. As a member of this team, you’ll work on the source-of-truth systems that enable core Vanta compliance and auditing experiences.

We’re looking for a senior backend engineer who thrives on shipping quickly, solving real customer problems, and building reliable systems that scale.

Visit our Vanta Engineering Blog to learn more about what our team is working on!

What you’ll do as a Senior Software Engineer at Vanta:

• Improve the scalability and reliability of our core data systems, ensuring they’re robust in the face of growth.

• Help define and evolve how we model, store, and query resource data across Vanta.

• Collaborate with product, design, and other engineering teams to understand user needs and prioritize impactful work.

• Ship quickly and experiment thoughtfully to validate ideas and drive product velocity.

• Act as a cultural beacon, setting an example for effective, collaborative engineering and helping mentor junior team members

• Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation

• Drive initiatives to increase operational posture and execution quality across the engineering organization

How to be successful in this role:

• Have 5+ years of experience

• Be comfortable operating robust distributed systems and navigating scaling challenges. Have familiarity with event-driven architecture.

• Care deeply about understanding and solving customer problems.

• Work well in environments that value decisive action and getting things done, and bias towards shipping quickly to validate ideas and experiment rather than building a perfect solution.

• Have led meaningful technical projects from concept to completion

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, London, 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 and may vary based on candidate location, skills, depth of work experience, and relevant licenses/credentials.

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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.