Engineering Director, Vanta
Automation
$321-378k
+ Equity
AI trust management platform
Open for applications
AI trust management platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$321-378k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help businesses earn and prove trust.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of engineering leadership experience, with deep experience working on complex products and/or their respective platforms in a high growth environment
- Experience leading & scaling engineering organizations of 40+ in size with multiple teams, and a proven track record of growing high-performing teams beyond this initial size
- Proven success driving execution through your managers and keeping a pulse on the needs of everyone in your organization
- Passion for leading, coaching and building an inspired team through setting vision, unlocking potential, and driving compassionate accountability
- Business acumen paired with an understanding of applying the unique leverage of platform principles to enable step change product innovation & results
- Experience building a developer platform or partner ecosystem a plus
- Experience working with forward deployed or customer facing engineering teams a plus
- Open to using AI to amplify their skills and strengthen your work - demonstrating curiosity, a willingness to learn, and sound judgment in applying AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact
What the job involves
- As a Director of Engineering, you will lead and grow a dynamic engineering organization focused on evolving and scaling our Integrations Platform and Forward Deployed Engineering areas
- Vanta integrations work with all the tools our customers use to run their businesses, and power our core product offerings
- In this role, you will have a pivotal role in driving customer satisfaction for integrations for both downmarket and upmarket customers, and in reducing the complexity and time it takes to build, maintain, and publish integrations
- Partner closely with Design, Product, Engineering, and Go To Market counterparts to build out our integrations developer platform and our engineering services team
- Lead multiple teams to deliver results consistently and sustainably while holding a high bar for execution and quality
- Proactively identify, define, and lead strategic initiatives that align engineering capabilities with business outcomes
- Guide technical strategy, ensuring that your teams are enabling long-term value aligned with Vanta’s business priorities
- Build a high-impact engineering team - coach, mentor, and create an environment where your teams and managers can do their best work and deliver for the business
- Play an integral role in influencing and shaping Vanta’s engineering culture and strategy
- Responsible for protecting Vanta and customer data in how your team operates and delivers results
Our take
The security auditing process is usually very time-consuming, taking hours to complete, and it is often difficult for startups to invest time into such a process. Yet, the benefits of security accreditation are enormous, mainly as many such businesses are working globally and need ways to demonstrate security compliance to one another. Vanta works specifically with startups to help them complete and pass security audits such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
The company is a compliance portal and security monitoring platform that businesses use to assess their risk levels. Vanta carries out a pre-audit of a company's digital security and highlights areas that need to be worked on before a full analysis of all threats is carried out. Other businesses such as Datadog or PagerDuty offer similar security monitoring services, but Vanta monitors its customers throughout the year, allowing any issues to be identified and addressed early on.
Vanta's latest $150M raise, boosting its valuation to $4.15B, highlights the company's rapid growth and strong market position. With AI-driven automation, expanding government partnerships, and strategic acquisitions on the horizon, Vanta is scaling quickly while solving real customer problems. Backed by a talented leadership team and a growing customer base, the company looks set to continue its upward trajectory and build a lasting, sustainable business.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2025
$150m
SERIES D
Jul 2024
$150m
SERIES C
Total funding: $500.2m
Company benefits
- Health & Wellness: Vanta values the health and well-being of our teammates and offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for teammates and dependents. Vanta is excited to provide an additional range of benefits that holistically support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing
- Work Your Way: Enjoy a remote-first setup if you're in the US, or go hybrid at our international offices
- Paid Parental Leave: Industry competitive paid parental leave for all parents
- Time Away: Industry competitive and generous PTO policy
- 401K Plan: 401k matching contribution plan
Company HQ
Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Christina Cacioppo
(Founder & CEO)Prior to co-founding Vanta in 2017, Christina worked in Product Management for Dropbox. She was also a Professor at the School of Visual Arts and worked on the Investment Team at Union Square Ventures.
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