Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Summary

Join Vanta, a company dedicated to securing the internet and protecting consumer data, as a Senior Software Engineer. You will lead and mentor engineers, delivering high-value products and scalable infrastructure. This role involves designing and building CI/CD systems, modernizing testing tools, solving scalability problems, and leading complex projects. You will contribute to Vanta's engineering culture and work with a talented team to impact our customer base. Vanta offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, flexible work arrangements, and opportunities for professional growth within a rapidly scaling company.

Requirements

• Have at least 5 years of industry experience
• Have experience with complex infrastructure challenges related to scale, reliability, and performance
• Have played technical leadership roles for teams or complex projects
• Have previous experience working on greenfield projects

Responsibilities

• Design and build CI and build systems to ensure Vanta engineers are building robust product quickly
• Modernize our testing tooling and tighten iteration loops in the developer experience
• Solve upcoming scalability problems related to our build system, developer workflows / experience, and key infrastructure and services
• Lead complex projects with multiple stakeholders and engineers to enable our business and team to scale
• Support design reviews, communicate constraints, and help engineers make the right trade-offs
• Set direction for critical infrastructure, enabling us to stay ahead of continued rapid growth
• Work with talented and kind engineers to make a significant impact on our customer base, enabling them to improve their security and prove it
• Contribute to building Vanta’s engineering culture as we grow

Preferred Qualifications

• Have previous startup experience, or worked in an environment that prioritizes a bias for action
• Have an interest in learning about security or prior experience in the space

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, Dublin, and Sydney