Staff Software Engineer - Government Platform Architect

Socket.dev

United States

Remote

USD 190,000 - 260,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Industry-competitive salary
Equity
Comprehensive benefits
16 weeks parental leave
Remote workspace stipend
Commuter benefits
401(k) matching
Flexible PTO

Job summary

Vanta is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for the Government team to set the technical foundation for compliance programs across federal agencies, vendors, and SLED organizations. You will shape capabilities, drive durable patterns, and partner with early design partners to evolve the platform for government use.

You will lead multi-quarter initiatives, raise the technical bar, and collaborate across engineering, product, and GTM to deliver scalable solutions while guiding teams through

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of backend engineering experience in product-focused environments.
  • Strong systems thinking and platform-architecture skills for reuse and scalability.
  • Experience leading multi-quarter technical initiatives across teams and products.

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical strategy and architecture for the government product line.
  • Lead the design and build of new platform capabilities with early design partners.
  • Define reusable abstractions and patterns to prevent tech debt during growth.
  • Collaborate with adjacent teams on shared infra and tagging for gov workflows.
  • Drive multi-quarter initiatives across engineering, product, and go-to-market.
  • Mentor and raise the technical quality of the team.

Skills

Backend engineering
Systems thinking
Platform architecture
Leadership
Mentorship
Communication
AI enablement

Tools

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

Vanta is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for the Government team to set the technical foundation for compliance programs across federal agencies, vendors, and SLED organizations. You will shape capabilities, drive durable patterns, and partner with early design partners to evolve the platform for government use.

You will lead multi-quarter initiatives, raise the technical bar, and collaborate across engineering, product, and GTM to deliver scalable solutions while guiding teams through

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