Staff Software Engineer – Government Platform & AI

Vanta; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary & Equity

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

Parental leave (16 weeks)

Remote work stipend

401(k) matching

Job summary

Vanta is expanding its government-focused platform to help federal agencies, vendors, and SLED organizations automate and prove compliance. You will own the technical strategy and architecture for this government product line, designing systems that adapt Vanta's core platform for demanding public sector needs.

You will lead the design and build of novel capabilities, define reusable platform patterns to scale, and collaborate with adjacent teams to leverage existing investments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of deep backend engineering experience
• Strong systems thinking and platform architecture skills
• Experience in regulated industries such as fintech or healthcare; government domain is a plus
• Ability to mentor and raise team-wide technical quality

Responsibilities

• Own the technical strategy and architecture for Vanta's government product line
• Lead the design and build of new product capabilities
• Define reusable abstractions and platform patterns for scalability
• Partner with adjacent teams on shared infrastructure and tagging systems
• Drive multi-quarter technical initiatives across engineering, product, and GTM
• Mentor mid-level and senior engineers through code reviews and engineering practice

Skills

Backend engineering

System architecture

Regulated industries

Leadership

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Vanta is expanding its government-focused platform to help federal agencies, vendors, and SLED organizations automate and prove compliance. You will own the technical strategy and architecture for this government product line, designing systems that adapt Vanta's core platform for demanding public sector needs.

You will lead the design and build of novel capabilities, define reusable platform patterns to scale, and collaborate with adjacent teams to leverage existing investments.