Senior Software Engineer, Product Platform

Vanta; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanta is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Product Platform group to help build shared foundations powering all engineering teams. You will work across two closely-aligned teams, focusing on building scalable, developer-facing systems and APIs that enable faster, more reliable product delivery.

You’ll collaborate with product engineering to translate needs into robust APIs, drive architectural decisions, and uphold standards for performance, security, and developer experience.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend or fullstack software engineering experience, with a focus on platform, shared infrastructure, or developer-facing systems.
• Experience building shared APIs, services, or platform components used by multiple engineering teams - a platform mindset is critical
• Familiarity with distributed systems, event-driven architecture, or message queue systems (Kafka, SQS, pub/sub)
• Excellent communication skills - able to work cross-functionally with engineering, product, and design stakeholders, and to clearly articulate technical trade-offs
• Track record of shipping high-quality, maintainable code with sound judgment on architectural decisions
• Open to using AI to amplify their skills and strengthen their work - demonstrating curiosity, a willingness to learn, and sound judgment in applying AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact.

Responsibilities

• Design and build high-quality, scalable systems and shared libraries that multiple engineering teams depend on
• Partner with product engineering teams to translate needs into clean APIs and services
• Drive technical decisions and influence architecture across team boundaries for scalability
• Define and uphold engineering standards for shared components for performance and security
• Participate in code review, design discussions, and technical planning to raise engineering quality
• Write and maintain thorough documentation for systems and libraries
• Contribute to building Vanta's engineering culture as we scale

Skills

Backend development

Fullstack development

API design

Distributed systems

Event-driven architecture

Cross-functional communication

AI for productivity

Tools

Kafka

SQS

Pub/Sub

Job description

At Vanta, our mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust.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.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Product Platform org - the group that powers product development across Vanta by building the shared foundations that every engineering team builds on top of. This hire will join one of two closely-aligned teams within the org, each working on foundational challenges with company-wide impact.

Application Primitives is responsible for the shared, customer-facing platform components that product teams implement across the product: examples include comments, notifications platform, event log infrastructure, and agentic audit trails. This team sits at the intersection of platform and product - not pure infrastructure, not pure product - building the reusable building blocks that let other teams ship faster and more consistently.

Libraries & Foundations is a brand-new team that owns Vanta's internal engineering libraries and golden-path patterns. Sitting between core platform and product platform in the stack, this team builds the TypeScript-first abstractions and shared foundations that all Vanta engineers build on top of - including event-driven architecture libraries, code quality tooling, and test frameworks.

You’ll be evaluated for both teams based on your background and interests, and the decision on team placement will reflect where your skills and passions are the strongest fit.

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

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

• Design and build high-quality, scalable systems and shared libraries that multiple engineering teams depend on - whether that's shared customer-facing components (Applications Primitives) or internal abstractions (Libraries & Foundations)
• Partner deeply with product engineering teams to understand their needs and translate them into clean, well-documented APIs and services
• Drive technical decisions and influence architecture across team boundaries, with a focus on developer experience and platform scalability
• Define and uphold engineering standards for shared components, ensuring consistency, performance, and security across the systems you own
• Participate actively in code review, design discussions, and technical planning - raising the engineering quality bar for your team and beyond
• Write and maintain thorough documentation for the systems and libraries you build, enabling engineers across the org to use and contribute to them
• Contribute to building Vanta's engineering culture as we scale

How to be successful in this role:

• 5+ years of backend or fullstack software engineering experience, with a focus on platform, shared infrastructure, or developer-facing systems
• Experience building shared APIs, services, or platform components used by multiple engineering teams - a platform mindset is critical
• Familiarity with distributed systems, event-driven architecture, or message queue systems (Kafka, SQS, pub/sub)
• Excellent communication skills - able to work cross-functionally with engineering, product, and design stakeholders, and to clearly articulate technical trade-offs
• Track record of shipping high-quality, maintainable code with sound judgment on architectural decisions
• Open to using AI to amplify their skills and strengthen their work - demonstrating curiosity, a willingness to learn, and sound judgment in applying AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact.

What you can expect as a Vanta'n:

• Industry-competitive salary and equity
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% of employee-only benefit premiums covered for most medical plans
• 16 weeks paid Parental Leave for all new parents
• Health & wellness stipend
• Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipend
• Commuter benefits for team members who report to the SF and NYC office
• Family planning benefits
• Matching 401(k) contribution with immediate vesting
• Flexible PTO policy, plus 80 hours of Sick Time
• 11 company-paid holidays
• Virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events!
• Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, Tel Aviv, 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.

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 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.