Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience

Vanta’s Developer Experience team builds the tools engineers use every day to bring ideas to production rapidly and reliably. You’ll empower other Vanta engineers to leverage cutting-edge technologies and best practices to make Vanta more performant and scalable on a platform level. Example projects include modernizing our CI/CD pipelines, introducing new test frameworks, launching AI-powered dev tools, and scaling developer environments to support a growing engineering team.

Responsibilities

Set direction for critical dev infrastructure, enabling us to stay ahead of continued rapid growth; Design and build CI and build systems that ensure Vanta engineers can develop and ship robust products quickly and confidently; Improve the efficiency and reliability of our deployment workflows, including tools for hotfixes, rollbacks, and incident mitigation; Lead development of tools that accelerate feedback loops — from typechecking and linting to running tests and deploying changes; Build and maintain scalable development environments, test infrastructure, and core dev tooling; Introduce and scale AI-enhanced developer tools that help engineers move faster, write better code, and reduce toil; 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

Requirements

Technical leadership roles on DevEx or platform teams; Experience with build systems, CI/CD, and scaling developer workflows in fast-growing environments; Deep care about performance, reliability, and usability, especially in tools used daily by engineers; Thoughtful about trade-offs and good product sense when building internal tools

Benefits

Industry-Competitive Salary and Equity; 100% covered Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits with Dependents Coverage; 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave for All New Parents (Moms, Dads, Adoptive, Foster); Health & Wellness Stipend; Remote Workspace Stipend; 401(k) Matching Plan; Flexible Work Hours and Location; Open & Encouraged PTO Policy; 11 Company Paid Holidays; Free Memberships to Online Wellness Platforms (One Medical, Ginger, Headspace, and more!); Virtual Team Building Activities, Lunch and Learns, and other Company-Wide Events; Offices in SF and NYC with Hubs of Vantans forming across the US, including but not limited to, Seattle, Austin, Indianapolis, LA, Boston, and more!