Senior Software Engineer, Vanta
AI Developer Experience
$179-244k
+ Equity
AI trust management platform
Open for applications
AI trust management platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$179-244k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help businesses earn and prove trust.
Role
Who you are
- Senior level industry experience as a software engineer with demonstrated expertise in developer tools, infrastructure, or platform engineering
- Experience orchestrating AI agents and automating workflows
- Experience building, and scaling full-stack applications, including backend systems, APIs, and frontend interfaces
- Practical experience with build systems, testing infrastructure, and CI/CD processes
- A knack for rapid prototyping and shipping robust, production-ready code
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills—you'll work with engineering teams across the organization to understand needs and drive adoption
- Familiarity with TypeScript, React, or Node.js, or a willingness to learn!
What the job involves
- As the founding engineer of the AI - Developer Experience team at Vanta, you will shape how hundreds of engineers build, test, and ship software
- You'll define and implement the AI-powered tooling strategy that accelerates our engineering organization, driving productivity through cutting-edge developer tools and infrastructure
- The Developer Experience team builds and maintains the systems, tools, and workflows that enable Vanta's engineers to move fast without breaking things
- We own the full developer lifecycle - from local development environments to build systems, testing infrastructure, and deployment pipelines
- In this role, you'll lead the charge on AI tooling adoption across engineering, experimenting with and implementing AI-powered tools that transform how our engineers write code, review changes, and ship features
- You'll work at the intersection of developer infrastructure and AI innovation, creating an environment where our engineers can leverage AI to build better software faster in a secure way
- Lead Vanta's AI tooling strategy for engineering, evaluating and implementing AI-powered development tools (code generation, AI-assisted code review, intelligent testing tools) that meaningfully improve developer productivity
- Drive key developer experience initiatives such as bringing UI testing in-house, modularizing our codebase for improved testability and isolation, and continuously improving build and deployment systems
- Design and build developer tools and infrastructure that enable engineers across all product teams to ship high-quality code efficiently
- Collaborate horizontally across engineering teams to understand pain points, identify opportunities for improvement, and deliver solutions that scale across the organization
- Mentor engineers on best practices for development workflows, testing approaches, and AI tool adoption
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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