Senior Software Engineer, Vanta for Government

Apply; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental & vision coverage

Parental leave

Remote workspace stipend

Commuter benefits

401(k) with matching

Flexible PTO

Sick time

Company holidays

Team events

Job summary

Vanta is expanding its government-focused platform, building AI-powered security and compliance tools for federal agencies and SLED.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll lead cross-team initiatives, shape architecture, and deliver core capabilities for government workflows.

You’ll work with early design partners and scale the platform while advancing Vanta's engineering culture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience.
• Strong systems thinking and platform architecture skills.
• Experience in highly regulated industries such as fintech or healthcare; FedRAMP or government domain experience is a plus.
• Comfortable operating in early-stage, 0-1 environments where requirements evolve as you learn from customers and technical decisions carry real business consequences.
• A strong product mindset: shipping matters, prioritizing against deadlines, balancing technical rigor with delivery velocity.
• Open to using AI to amplify your skills and strengthen your work - with responsible AI usage.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex projects with multiple stakeholders and engineers to deliver significant impact to our government product line.
• Lead the design and build of net-new product capabilities for government workflows.
• Partner with adjacent engineering teams on shared infrastructure and tagging systems for government compliance workflows.
• Drive technical initiatives across engineering, product, and go-to-market.
• Contribute to building Vanta’s engineering culture as we grow.

Skills

Systems thinking

Platform architecture

Regulated industries experience

AI-enabled development

Stakeholder leadership

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.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Vanta for Government team, you'll set the technical foundation for Vanta's expansion into the public sector: designing the systems, patterns, and architecture that will power compliance programs from the ground up for government vendors and agencies.

The Vanta for Government team is building and evolving Vanta's AI-powered platform for government vendors, federal agencies, and State, Local, and Education (SLED) organizations. Our mission is to make government compliance not easy, but easier: helping organizations automate the heavy lifting across complex frameworks like FedRAMP, CMMC, and NIST, strengthen their security posture, and support mission-critical work with greater confidence.

You’ll work directly alongside early design partners to shape new capabilities in real time. We’re growing at a blistering pace, which presents career-defining opportunities for engineers to accelerate their growth and to contribute to a rapidly-scaling company.

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:

• Lead complex projects with multiple stakeholders and engineers to deliver significant impact to our government product line, designing systems that adapt Vanta's core compliance platform to meet the demands of federal agencies, government vendors, and SLED organizations
• Lead the design and build of net-new product capabilities — including core compliance workflow features that don't yet exist in Vanta's product today — working alongside early design partners to validate and iterate as requirements evolve
• Partner with adjacent engineering teams on shared infrastructure and tagging systems that underpin government-specific compliance workflows, building on existing platform investments rather than starting from scratch
• Drive technical initiatives across engineering, product, and go-to-market, translating ambiguous early-stage requirements into durable, scalable solutions
• Contribute to building Vanta’s engineering culture as we grow

How to be successful in this role:

• 5+ years of industry experience
• Strong systems thinking and platform architecture skills: you design for reuse, scalability, and long-term maintainability, and naturally think in terms of abstractions and patterns
• Experience in highly regulated industries such as fintech or healthcare; FedRAMP or government domain experience is a plus, but not required
• Comfortable operating in early-stage, 0-1 environments where requirements evolve as you learn from customers and technical decisions carry real business consequences
• A strong product mindset: you understand that shipping matters, can prioritize against real deadlines, and balance technical rigor with delivery velocity
• Open to using AI to amplify your skills and strengthen your work - demonstrating curiosity, a willingness to learn, and sound judgment in applying AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact.

Work Authorization Requirements:

• You must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

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 benefitsMatching 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 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.