Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI

Vanta; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior AI Applied Engineer, where you will shape AI offerings and improve systems. Collaborate with a talented team to implement and maintain data pipelines, enhancing AI innovations. This role offers a chance to build robust infrastructure and tools that empower engineers to create high-quality AI products. With a culture of collaboration and mentorship, you'll thrive in an environment that values action and user engagement. Embrace the opportunity to make a significant impact in the realm of online security and consumer data protection.

Benefits

100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits

16 weeks fully-paid parental leave

Health & wellness stipends

Remote workplace stipends

401(k) matching

Flexible work hours

Open PTO policy

11 paid holidays

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience in software engineering.
• Experience in designing and scaling full-stack applications.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AI-powered features with product teams.
• Build and improve AI infrastructure and tooling.

Skills

Software Engineering

Full-Stack Development

Machine Learning

GenAI

API Development

Frontend Development

Backend Development

Database Management

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.

As a Senior AI Applied Engineer at Vanta, you will play a crucial role in shaping Vanta’s AI offerings, improving our systems, and setting technical strategy for our end-to-end ML/AI architecture. You’ll be part of the core AI team, working alongside a multidisciplinary group of product engineers, machine learning engineers, product managers, and security and compliance experts to implement, scale, and maintain data pipelines that accelerate AI innovations. In this role, you’ll build solid infrastructure foundations and high-leverage developer tools that empower Vanta’s engineers to create and enhance high-quality AI products efficiently.

What you’ll do as an AI platform engineer at Vanta:

• Team up with product engineering teams to design and implement AI-powered features to deliver customer value
• Work closely with other engineers at Vanta to understand their pain points in AI development and identify opportunities for improvements
• Design, build, and improve AI infrastructure and tooling to unblock product strategy
• Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation
• Set an example for effective, collaborative engineering culture, and help mentor junior team members

How to be successful in this role:

• At least 5 years of industry experience as a software engineer
• You have experience designing, building, and scaling full-stack applications, including backend systems, APIs, and frontend interfaces
• You have experience using GenAI or applied ML to create products and solve user problems
• You understand how to improve ML systems, creating eval sets, and driving quality hill-climbing
• You are comfortable operating up and down the stack: frontend, API, backend, and database
• You have worked at rapidly scaling startups and large companies, especially with environments that prioritize a bias for action
• You are action-driven, willing to roll up your sleeves and engage directly with users. While you bring strong opinions, you prioritize building a platform that meets users where they are

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

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.

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.