Staff Software Engineer, Core Platform

Vanta’s team and technology surface are growing quickly, and it’s essential that we invest in the right abstractions and systems to enable us to scale with our business. As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll be responsible for identifying key strategic technical initiatives that impact our entire engineering team and deliver significant value to our business. You will set a high bar for engineering culture and excellence, and your past experience will be leveraged to enable and accelerate Vanta’s growth.

Our business has found incredible product-market fit and has monetized effectively since the day we signed our first customer. We’re growing at a blistering pace, which presents career-defining opportunities for engineers to accelerate their growth and to contribute to a rapidly-scaling company.

Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it. We’d love for you to join us!

Our Staff Software Engineers identify key strategic technical initiatives, deliver significant value to our customers and business, and set the tone for engineering excellence and culture. In this role focused on Core Platform, you’ll build solid infrastructure foundations and high-leverage developer tools that enable Vanta’s engineering teams to quickly create and improve high-quality products.

What you’ll do as a Staff Engineer at Vanta:

• Identify, scope, and lead large technical projects related to our build system, developer workflows / experience, and key infrastructure and services

• Lead design reviews and communicate constraints to ensure we are making the right trade-offs

• Pave the path for new critical infrastructure, enabling us to stay ahead of continued rapid growth

• Design, develop, and own new product functionality and infrastructure leveraging modern frameworks and tooling (TypeScript, Terraform, Node.js)

• Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation

• Act as a cultural beacon, setting an example for effective, collaborative engineering and helping mentor junior team members

How to be successful in this role:

• At least 8 years of industry experience as a software engineer

• Led initiatives to improve developer experience & resolve infrastructure challenges related to scale, reliability, and performance

• Served as a technical lead for large projects (6+ months in length), including defining the roadmap for complex projects spanning multiple teams and functions

• Built successful SaaS product foundations for both startup and enterprise users 

• Upleveled teams of engineers by mentoring and leading by example

• Experience working at rapidly scaling startups …