Job description
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.
As one of the fastest-growing organizations at Vanta and the first to leverage AI, the Trust team is responsible for driving innovation through artificial intelligence, disrupting the security industry with continuous, automated monitoring and delivering more accurate insights to help customers make informed decisions. You’ll be working on 0→1 initiatives, shaping the future of security with cutting-edge AI capabilities. The Trust organization owns three distinct AI-powered products (Trust Center, Questionnaire Automation, Vendor Risk Management ) and is actively innovating on new products.
As a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, you’ll lead high-impact, ambiguous projects across our entire technical stack, playing a key role in shaping the direction of our product. You’ll collaborate closely with customers to deeply understand their needs and mentor a talented engineering team to deliver innovative, scalable solutions.
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!
Visit our Vanta Engineering Blog to learn more about what our team is working on!
Please note we are only able to hire in Alberta, Ontario, and British Columbia.
About the Role at Vanta:
As a Senior Software Engineer at Vanta, you’ll be responsible for leading complex, cross-functional projects that may span across teams and systems. Senior Engineers at Vanta have a demonstrated history of leadership—you will define architecture, scope and assign work, align stakeholders, mentor engineers, and ship critical components, and you have a lengthy track record of doing this. You’ll help develop and scale Vanta’s Trust Products, and guide technical growth across the org.
Vanta’s levels are a little different than other tech companies- we often see people with Staff or Principal titles at other organizations with scope that matches our Senior level.
What You’ll Do as a Senior Software Engineer at Vanta
Lead initiatives: bring clarity to ambiguity, define product scope, and solve for technical complexity.
Work with Product and Design partners to shape technical solutions that meet real customer needs.
Define architecture, delegate implementation across multiple engineers, and ensure successful outcomes.
Deliver key portions of the project directly while reviewing and unblocking others.
Drive knowledge sharing and mentor engineers, including senior engineers
Setting long term technical strategy for your team and raise engineering quality bar
How to be successful in this role:
Minimum of 7 years of product-side Fullstack experience; there is no maximum, we often hire Senior Engineers who have 7–10+ years baseline of product delivery and tech lead experience
Have experience with our stack: Typescript, React, GraphQL
Has a track record of successfully led highly ambiguous and complex project where problems and solutions are not well defined, while coordinating groups of engineers and working with cross functional stakeholders
Demonstrated ability to operate with autonomy, align product and engineering needs, and land high-quality outcomes.
Trusted to lead not just code, but also planning, process, and culture.
Mentors across levels at a team-wide scale; a technical role model and coach. Contributes to/leads programs which uplevel the code quality of the team.
If this sounds interesting to you, but you have even more extensive experience as a leader, please consider applying for our Staff Fullstack Engineer role
What you can expect as a Vantan in Canada:
Industry-competitive salary and equity
100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage
Pension contribution
16 weeks fully paid parental leave for all new parents
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 (dependent on your territory of residence)
Virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events!
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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.
