February 18, 2025

Software Engineer, Backend

Remote U.S., Remote - Austin

  • Full-time

Overview

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 helping enable our product and infrastructure to scale with our business, and work on 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.

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!

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

  • Work on upcoming scalability problems related to our build system, developer workflows / experience, and key infrastructure and services

  • Support 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

  • Work with talented and kind engineers to make a significant impact on our customer base, enabling them to improve their security and prove it

Qualifications

  • Have at least 3 years of industry experience

  • Have experience with infrastructure challenges related to scale, reliability, and performance

  • Have previous startup experience, or worked in an environment that prioritizes a bias for action

  • Have previous experience working on greenfield projects

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

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

Benefits

$161K – $244K β€’ Offers Equity β€’ We hire for this position at multiple levels. This role is also eligible for medical benefits, 401(k) plan, and other company perk programs.

  • 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

About Vanta

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.