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. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it.
Our Software Engineers deliver high-value products for our customers, and infrastructure that enables our business to scale.
Vanta’s team and technology surface are growing quickly, and it’s essential that we invest in the right abstractions and systems to enable us to scale with our business. As a Software Engineer, you’ll be responsible for setting technical direction to enable our product and infrastructure to scale with our business, and driving complex projects across our technical stack.. Your past experience will be leveraged to enable and accelerate Vanta’s growth.
Our Senior Software Engineers lead and mentor engineers, delivering high-value products for our customers and infrastructure that enables our business to scale. Our product integrates deeply with the services that present security risk to a company, pulls and analyzes data from those sources, and surfaces potential security threats to our customers in real time with guidance to remediate them.
Our business has found incredible product-market fit and has monetized effectively since the day we signed our first customer. We’re growing at a blistering pace, which presents career-defining opportunities for engineers to accelerate their growth and to contribute to a rapidly-scaling company.
As a Software Engineer on the Expansion Team, you’ll play a central role in shaping Vanta’s self-serve and product-led growth motion. Instead of working horizontally across compliance workflows, this team focuses on the full post-activation lifecycle—driving retention, expansion, and revenue automation across the product.
You’ll build the core systems that power Vanta’s purchasing, trial, and renewal experiences. This includes creating seamless checkout flows, self-serve upgrade paths, and intuitive renewal pages, as well as integrating with our evolving billing infrastructure. You’ll also develop the platform that enables “try before you buy” experiences across Vanta, giving prospects hands-on access and empowering other product teams to plug into a unified trials framework.
Your work will have direct, measurable business impact—unlocking self-serve revenue, reducing operational friction, and allowing sales teams to focus on upmarket opportunities. By shaping how customers evaluate, purchase, and expand with Vanta, you’ll help build the foundation of a scalable PLG engine and meaningfully influence Vanta’s growth trajectory.
Visit our Vanta Engineering Blog to learn more about what our team is working on!
What you’ll do as a Software Engineer at Vanta:
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
How to be successful in this role:
Have at least 5 years of industry experience
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
What you can expect as a Vanta'n (US):
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
To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors and may vary based on candidate location, skills, depth of work experience, and relevant licenses/credentials.
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At Vanta, we are committed to hiring diverse talent of different backgrounds and as such, it is important to us to provide an inclusive work environment for all. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender identity, age, religion, sexual orientation, veteran or disability status, or any other protected class. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage and welcome people of all backgrounds to apply.
About Vanta
We started in 2018, in the wake of several high-profile data breaches. Online security was only becoming more important, but we knew firsthand how hard it could be for fast-growing companies to invest the time and manpower it takes to build a solid security foundation. Vanta was inspired by a vision to restore trust in internet businesses by enabling companies to improve and prove their security. From our early days automating security monitoring for compliance standards like SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001 to creating the world's leading Trust Management Platform, our vision remains unchanged.
Now more than ever, making security continuous—not just a point-in-time check— is essential. Thousands of companies rely on Vanta to build, maintain and demonstrate their trust— all in a way that's real-time and transparent.
Referral Instructions
If you are being referred for the role, please contact that person to apply on your behalf.
Skills Required
- At least 5 years of industry experience
- Technical leadership experience on teams or complex projects
- Startup experience or experience in an environment prioritizing bias for action
- Experience working on greenfield projects
- Interest in learning about security or prior security experience
- Willingness to use AI responsibly to amplify skills and improve efficiency and impact
Vanta Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vanta and has not been reviewed or approved by Vanta.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with employer-covered premiums for many employee-only plan options alongside dental, vision, and mental-health support. Plan designs are portrayed as robust with low-to-no premium options available on some offerings.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for all parents is highlighted as fully paid and substantial in length. Family-related support is consistently presented as a core part of the package.
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Flexible Benefits — Remote-first flexibility and multiple stipends (wellness, phone/internet, home office, and commuter in hub locations) are emphasized as standard components. Flexible schedules further support differing employee needs across locations.
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Our mission at Vanta is to be a layer of trust on top of cloud services, to secure the internet, increase trust in software companies, and keep consumer data safe. Think of us as your automated security and compliance expert.
