Software Engineer, AI Product (Canada)

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. As a Senior Applied AI Engineer at Vanta, you will play a crucial role in shaping Vanta’s AI offerings, setting technical strategy, and leading projects that leverage AI to deliver smarter, faster outcomes for our customers. You'll be part of a team integrating AI into the Vanta product, working alongside a multidisciplinary group of product engineers, machine learning engineers, product managers, designers, and security and compliance experts to implement, scale, and maintain AI-enabled product experiences. In this role, you’ll build products that enable Vanta’s customers to leverage AI to accelerate their journey towards compliance, managing risk, and earning trust.

Responsibilities

Work cross-functionally to design and implement AI-powered features to deliver customer value and integrate LLMs with Vanta’s existing products and systems; Work with other product engineers across Vanta to understand how AI systems can accelerate product adoption; Instrument evaluations, guardrails, and monitoring, and review customer usage to continually improve quality; Collaborate with AI Platform engineers shaping foundational AI systems and tooling that accelerate product teams; Make pragmatic tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation; Mentor engineers, champion good technical and product instincts, and model a collaborative, high-ownership engineering culture

Requirements

At least 7 years of industry experience as a software engineer; Shipped LLM-backed products and have experience with prompting, RAG, and/or agent frameworks; Experience designing, building, and scaling full-stack applications, including backend systems, APIs, and frontend interfaces; Familiarity with TypeScript, React, and Node.js, or willingness to learn; Experience improving AI systems, creating eval sets, and driving quality hill-climbing; Experience mentoring other engineers and collaborating with product and design; Experience at rapidly scaling startups and large companies, especially environments that prioritize bias for action; Action-driven, willing to roll up sleeves and engage directly with users; not afraid to put on product hat; strong opinions, prioritizes building a platform that meets users where they are

Benefits

Industry-competitive salary and equity; 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage; Pension contribution; 16 weeks 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; Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, Tel Aviv, and Sydney