Backend Senior Software Engineer, Test Experience

At Vanta, our mission is to secure the internet and protect consumer data. 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. 

Our Software Engineers deliver high-value products for our customers, and infrastructure that enables our business to scale.

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 Software Engineer, you’ll be responsible for setting technical direction to enable our product and infrastructure to scale with our business, and driving complex projects across our technical stack. 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.

As a Software Engineer on the Test Experience team, you’ll help shape the future of Automated Tests - one of our platform’s most impactful and heavily-used features. Vanta Tests enable customers to continuously track their compliance and security posture, save valuable time managing GRC programs, and generate critical audit evidence effortlessly. You’ll operate at the intersection of platform infrastructure and user experience. Exciting and ambitious opportunities include:

• Scaling infrastructure to match Vanta’s rapidly growing customer base

• Building out our next generation Tests data architecture

• Optimizing app performance for Vanta’s most visited pages

• Enhancing customization and visibility across test inputs, logic, and results

• Integrating cutting edge LLM tools and AI agents into the full Tests lifecycle - from creation to remediation

Visit our Vanta Engineering Blog to learn more about what our team is working on! 

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

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

• Lead high impact projects with multiple stakeholders and engineers to enable our business and team to scale

• Set direction for critical technical surface areas, 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 and review their security posture

• Contribute to building Vanta’s engineering culture as we grow

How to be successful in this role:

• Have at least 5 years of backend development

• Have experience with TypeScript, GraphQL, and MongoDB

• Have scaled platform features and/or optimized app performance

• Have a pragmatic approach to problem solving, with iterative execution in mind

• Have experience applying AI in products, or a strong interest in exploring this space

• Have a product-mindset who empathizes with users and is driven to solve their problems

• Have an interest in learning about security or prior experience in the space

What you can expect as a Vantan:

• 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

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors and may vary based on candidate location, skills, depth of work experience, and relevant licenses/credentials.

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At Vanta, we are committed to hiring diverse talent of different backgrounds and as such, it is important to us to provide an inclusive work environment for all. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender identity, age, religion, sexual orientation, veteran or disability status, or any other protected class. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage and welcome people of all backgrounds to apply.

About Vanta

We started in 2018, in the wake of several high-profile data breaches. Online security was only becoming more important, but we knew firsthand how hard it could be for fast-growing companies to invest the time and manpower it takes to build a solid security foundation. Vanta was inspired by a vision to restore trust in internet businesses by enabling companies to improve and prove their security.From our early days automating security monitoring for compliance standards like SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001 to creating the world's leading Trust Management Platform, our vision remains unchanged. 

Now more than ever, making security continuous—not just a point-in-time check— is essential. Thousands of companies rely on Vanta to build, maintain and demonstrate their trust— all in a way that's real-time and transparent.