Senior Software Engineer, Product Platform

Vanta is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join its Product Platform org, building shared foundations that every engineering team builds on top of. The hire will join either Application Primitives, which owns shared customer-facing platform components such as comments, notifications platform, event log infrastructure, and agentic audit trails, or Libraries & Foundations, a new team owning internal engineering libraries and golden-path patterns including TypeScript-first abstractions, event-driven architecture libraries, code quality tooling, and test frameworks.

Responsibilities

Design and build high-quality, scalable systems and shared libraries that multiple engineering teams depend on - whether that's shared customer-facing components (Applications Primitives) or internal abstractions (Libraries & Foundations); Partner deeply with product engineering teams to understand their needs and translate them into clean, well-documented APIs and services; Drive technical decisions and influence architecture across team boundaries, with a focus on developer experience and platform scalability; Define and uphold engineering standards for shared components, ensuring consistency, performance, and security across the systems you own; Participate actively in code review, design discussions, and technical planning - raising the engineering quality bar for your team and beyond; Write and maintain thorough documentation for the systems and libraries you build, enabling engineers across the org to use and contribute to them; Contribute to building Vanta's engineering culture as we scale

Requirements

Industry experience in backend or fullstack software engineering, with a focus on platform, shared infrastructure, or developer-facing systems; Experience building shared APIs, services, or platform components used by multiple engineering teams - a platform mindset is critical; Familiarity with distributed systems, event-driven architecture, or message queue systems (Kafka, SQS, pub/sub); Excellent communication skills - able to work cross-functionally with engineering, product, and design stakeholders, and to clearly articulate technical trade-offs; Track record of shipping high-quality, maintainable code with sound judgment on architectural decisions; 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 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; Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, Tel Aviv, and Sydney