Staff Software Engineer, Vanta
Trust Products
$238-280k
+ Equity
AI trust management platform
Job no longer available
AI trust management platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$238-280k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help businesses earn and prove trust.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of industry experience
- Experience leading large/complex projects that have spanned over multiple quarters or across multiple teams or functions. TL experience is a plus
- Experience with driving system design/architecture and data modeling for one or more product areas
- Experience with data pipelines and data systems. Experience with ML and AI is a plus
- Experience building user-facing Saas products, ideally both for startups and enterprise users
- Experience building 0→1 products as well as solving large scale problems especially in environments that prioritize bias for action
- Extensive mentorship experience; i.e.up leveling teams, leading by example
What the job involves
- The Vendor Risk Management (VRM) product was designed to provide software buyers with tools to evaluate the security of their vendors by inventorying vendors, prioritizing risks, automating security reviews and remediating findings
- VRM or Third party Risk Management (TPRM) presents a massive opportunity for Vanta - representing a market of $5-$10B in ARR and a CAGR of 10.8% driven by secular tailwinds in the industry that requires more focussed and deeper scrutiny of the company’s supply chain
- Our Staff Software Engineers identify key strategic initiatives across engineering, deliver significant value to our customers and business, and set the tone for engineering excellence and culture
- In this role on the Vendor Risk Management (VRM) team, you'll start on the Data Platform initiative and help drive and set the vision for a solution that continuously retrieves and enriches the breadth and depth of data we have about vendors
- This is a huge unlock for the Vendor Risk Management product and will help software buyers continuously and comprehensively monitor risks across their vendor supply chain
- 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
- Identify, scope, and lead large technical projects, laying the groundwork for building highly performant, reliable, and customizable systems
- Influence the development of high-ROI product features and supporting infrastructure to accelerate the roadmap and land impact faster
- Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation
- Act as a cultural beacon, role modeling effective and collaborative behaviors and upleveling engineers across the organization
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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