Engineering Manager, Developer Experience

Summary

Join Vanta, a company dedicated to securing the internet and protecting consumer data, as an Engineering Manager to lead the Developer Experience team. This role involves setting strategy, leading the team to deliver results, growing and developing engineers, and fostering a positive team culture. You will focus on integrating AI-driven solutions to enhance developer workflows and experiences, driving productivity experimentation, and launching AI-powered tools. This is a career-defining opportunity to grow as an engineering leader within a rapidly expanding company. You will play a crucial role in laying the groundwork for a successful engineering organization and developing foundational processes to enable scaling. Vanta offers competitive compensation and benefits.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience managing technical teams of six or more engineers
• Proven track record in building and improving development workflows and tools
• Deep knowledge of modern development practices, including source control, CI/CD pipelines, and developer tooling
• Familiarity with AI and machine learning concepts, particularly as they apply to developer tools and productivity enhancements
• Strong leadership abilities with experience in hiring, mentoring, and growing senior engineers
• Excellent communication skills to build consensus with stakeholders and articulate the benefits of AI-driven developer tools

Responsibilities

• Manage and mentor a team of engineers focused on developing world-class developer productivity tools and infrastructure
• Define and implement strategies for developer environments, source control, continuous integration (CI), test infrastructure, and release processes to enable rapid innovation while upholding high-security standards
• Drive the adoption and integration of AI tools designed to enhance developer productivity and experience
• Stay abreast of emerging AI technologies and assess their applicability in streamlining development processes
• Work closely with stakeholders to deeply understand developer needs, identifying and implementing solutions that support secure and efficient development
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of AI-enhanced tools into the development workflow
• Design and refine processes that enhance team operations and continuously improve developer productivity as the organization scales
• Champion best practices for developer support tooling

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building or experimenting with tools and environments for AI/ML development
• Expertise in security and privacy best practices for development infrastructure
• Experience managing initiatives across multiple products/teams
• Experience with large-scale monorepos and enabling extensive developer collaboration

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
• Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, and Sydney