Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Vanta, a company dedicated to securing the internet and protecting consumer data, as an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the AI Platform team. This team builds the AI experience for Vanta engineers, focusing on foundational primitives for efficient, high-quality AI experiences. As Engineering Manager, you will set strategy, guide the team to consistent results, develop engineers, and foster a healthy, results-driven culture. You will coach and mentor your team, set technical direction, understand developer needs, and champion best practices for AI quality and operations. Vanta offers industry-competitive compensation and benefits, including comprehensive health coverage, parental leave, wellness stipends, 401(k) matching, flexible work arrangements, and open PTO.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience managing technical teams of 6 or more engineers
• Direct experience managing ML and applied engineering teams
• Proven track record as an engineer, you know how to build AI/ML Platforms with strong fundamentals
• Deep knowledge of data flywheels, evals, and quality hill-climbing
• Strong leadership abilities with experience in hiring, mentoring, and growing senior engineers
• Excellent communication skills to build consensus with stakeholders, building and iterating in the platform to meet users where they are
• Pragmatism and scrappiness, knowing when to build vs buy, what customers really need, and how to create iterative plans

Responsibilities

• Coach, mentor and create an environment where your team can do their best work and deliver for the business
• Set direction and guide technical strategy, ensuring that your team is delivering long-term value aligned with Vanta’s business priorities
• Work closely with stakeholders to deeply understand developer needs, identifying and implementing solutions that support advancing AI at Vanta
• Champion best practices for AI quality and AI operations

Benefits

• 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