Senior Software Engineer, Foundations - Remote

Overview

At Vanta, our mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust. We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously, and we empower companies to practice better security and prove it with ease. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it.

The Foundations team sits at the heart of Vanta’s architecture and is critical to unlocking current and future Vanta products. We fetch, process, and serve the core resource and evidence data that powers Vanta. As a member of this team, you’ll work on the source-of-truth systems that enable core Vanta compliance and auditing experiences.

We’re looking for a senior backend engineer who thrives on shipping quickly, solving real customer problems, and building reliable systems that scale.

In Short

• Improve the scalability and reliability of our core data systems.
• Define and evolve how we model, store, and query resource data.
• Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to understand user needs.
• Ship quickly and experiment to validate ideas.
• Mentor junior team members and set an example for collaborative engineering.
• Make effective tradeoffs considering business priorities and user experience.
• Drive initiatives to increase operational posture across the organization.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Comfortable with distributed systems and scaling challenges.
• Strong problem-solving skills focused on customer needs.
• Ability to work in fast-paced environments valuing decisive action.
• Experience leading technical projects from concept to completion.

Benefits

• Industry-competitive salary and equity.
• 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Pension contribution.
• 16 weeks fully paid parental leave.
• Health & wellness stipend.
• Remote workspace stipend.
• Flexible work hours and location.
• 21 days of PTO and 80 hours of sick leave.
• 8 to 11 company paid holidays.
• Virtual team building activities and events.