Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Vanta helps businesses earn and prove trust through continuous security monitoring and verification. The Senior Backend Software Engineer will lead complex projects, set technical direction, design and scale backend systems and integrations infrastructure, and mentor engineers while advancing Vanta's Integration Platform.
Responsibilities
- Lead complex projects with multiple stakeholders and engineers to deliver significant impact to our business
- Set direction for critical technical surface areas, enabling us to stay ahead of continued rapid growth
- Design, develop, and own new product functionality and/or infrastructure leveraging modern frameworks and tooling (TypeScript, React, Node.js)
- Work with talented and kind engineers to make a significant impact on our customer base, enabling them to improve their security and prove it
- Contribute to building Vanta's engineering culture as we grow
Skills
- Have at least 5 years of industry experience with backend development
- You have experience designing, building, and scaling backend systems, APIs, and Platform primitives
- Have played technical leadership roles for teams or complex projects
- 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
- Open to using AI to amplify their skills and strengthen their work - demonstrating curiosity, a willingness to learn, and sound judgment in applying AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact
Benefits
- Industry-competitive salary and equity
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% of employee-only benefit premiums covered for most medical plans
- 16 weeks fully-paid Parental Leave for all new parents
- Health & wellness stipend
- Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipend
- Commuter benefits for team members who report to the SF and NYC office
- Family planning benefits
- Matching 401(k) contribution with immediate vesting
- Flexible PTO policy, plus 80 hours of Sick Time
- 11 company-paid holidays
- Virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events!
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