Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Vanta
+ Equity
AI trust management platform
Open for applications
AI trust management platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help businesses earn and prove trust.
Role
Who you are
- Have 5-10+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally in customer-facing or deployment-oriented roles
- Be comfortable coding in one or more modern languages (e.g., TypeScript, Python, Go, or similar) and working with APIs, data systems, and integrations
- Have strong problem-solving skills and the ability to quickly understand unfamiliar systems and adapt Vanta’s products and platform to them
- Enjoy working directly with customers; ranging from technical engineers to security and compliance leaders, and thrive in fast-changing, high-impact environments
- Collaborate effectively with Solution Architects, product engineers, and cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end solutions
- Have an interest in security, compliance, or SaaS infrastructure; prior experience in these domains is a plus, but not required
- Willingness to travel approximately 10–15% of the time for customer engagements, on-site implementations, or strategic planning sessions
What the job involves
- As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) at Vanta, you’ll sit at the intersection of engineering, product, and customer success
- You’ll work directly with customers to understand their needs, extend Vanta’s product and platform to solve real problems, and ensure successful adoption
- You’ll support unique customer requirements across integrations, data transformations, and reporting outcomes — combining strong software and systems engineering fundamentals with empathy for customer challenges and the ability to move quickly from concept to solution
- FDEs collaborate heavily with Solution Architects and internal product engineering teams to bridge customer requirements with Vanta’s technical capabilities
- You’ll act as a technical partner and drive software delivery, influence product direction through customer insights, and ensure our technology delivers wins and outcomes for our customers
- Collaborate directly with customers to understand their technical goals and translate them into actionable solutions
- Design and implement integrations, data transformations, and reporting workflows that extend Vanta’s platform to customer-specific use cases
- Work hands-on across the stack — from APIs and SDKs to infrastructure configuration — to ensure smooth deployment, adoption, and performance
- Partner closely with Solution Architects and product engineering teams to align on technical requirements, influence roadmap priorities, and share field insights
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues across integrations, data pipelines, and application layers
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers, enabling them to maximize the value and security impact of Vanta’s platform
- Contribute to Vanta’s technical and customer success culture by documenting best practices and mentoring teammates
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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