Senior Platform Engineer, Product Foundations

Vanta; United States; Remote; USD 195,000 - 229,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision coverage

Dental coverage

Equity

Remote work stipend

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Vanta is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Product Platform to strengthen the shared foundations used by all engineering teams. You will work on Application Primitives and Backend Platform, focusing on scalable, high-quality libraries and APIs.

You will partner with product teams to translate needs into robust solutions, uphold standards, and contribute to documenting and shaping the engineering culture as Vanta scales.

Qualifications

• Experience building backend or fullstack systems that power multiple teams.
• Proven ability to design APIs and services with good developer experience.
• Familiarity with distributed systems and event-driven patterns.
• Strong communication and collaboration across product, design, and engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable systems and shared libraries used by multiple teams.
• Collaborate with product engineering to translate needs into APIs and services.
• Drive architecture decisions and uphold engineering standards for performance and security.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and technical planning.
• Document systems and libraries for broad internal use.
• Contribute to Vanta's engineering culture as the team scales.

Skills

Backend experience

Platform / shared infrastructure

Developer-facing systems

Distributed systems

Event-driven architecture

Code quality and architecture

API design and documentation

Communication skills

AI tooling experience

Job description

Vanta is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Product Platform to strengthen the shared foundations used by all engineering teams. You will work on Application Primitives and Backend Platform, focusing on scalable, high-quality libraries and APIs.

You will partner with product teams to translate needs into robust solutions, uphold standards, and contribute to documenting and shaping the engineering culture as Vanta scales.