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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.
Job Responsibility:
Improve the scalability and reliability of our core data systems
Help define and evolve how we model, store, and query resource data across Vanta
Collaborate with product, design, and other engineering teams to understand user needs and prioritize impactful work
Ship quickly and experiment thoughtfully to validate ideas and drive product velocity
Act as a cultural beacon, setting an example for effective, collaborative engineering and helping mentor junior team members
Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation
Drive initiatives to increase operational posture and execution quality across the engineering organization
Requirements:
8+ years of experience
Comfortable operating robust distributed systems and navigating scaling challenges
Familiarity with event-driven architecture
Care deeply about understanding and solving customer problems
Work well in environments that value decisive action and getting things done
Bias towards shipping quickly to validate ideas and experiment
Have led meaningful technical projects from concept to completion
Open to using AI to amplify their skills and strengthen their work
What we offer:
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, internet, and cellphone stipend
Flexible work hours and location
21 days of Vacation Time and 80 hours of Sick Leave
11 company-paid holidays
Virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events