Senior Software Engineer, Test Core

Senior Software Engineer, Test Core

Location

Remote U.S.

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Remote

Department

Software Engineering

Compensation

Cash Range $195K – $229K • Offers Equity • This role is also eligible for medical benefits, 401(k) plan, and other company perk programs.

Overview

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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 Senior Software Engineers independently drive complex technical work, shape the systems and technical decisions within their teams, and enable other engineers to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions.

Vanta's product monitors the security posture of thousands of companies, pulling tens of millions of API calls of data per day, pushing information from hundreds of thousands of laptop agents, and running tests against that data continuously to identify potential security threats. Our infrastructure and tooling need to stay ahead of exponential growth in our customer base. As a Senior Software Engineer at Vanta, you'll drive complex projects across our technical stack, contribute to the technical direction of your team, and mentor other engineers.

Your past experience will be leveraged to enable and accelerate Vanta's growth.

Visit our Vanta Engineering Blog to learn more about what our team is working on!

Tests are at the heart of how Vanta continuously monitors security and compliance for our customers. The Test Core team builds the runtime platform that powers these checks. We own how Tests are scheduled and executed, how their results are persisted and exposed, and the systems that keep this runtime reliable as Vanta grows.

In this role, you'll work on some of the core systems behind Vanta's Tests platform. You'll tackle problems around the reliability, correctness, and performance of Test execution, evolve the systems and abstractions that allow the platform to scale, and make it easier for other engineering teams to build on the Tests runtime. Many of these problems span multiple systems and teams and require a deep understanding of how the platform behaves in production.

What you’ll do as a Senior Software Engineer on the Test Core team at Vanta:

Own complex projects from problem definition and technical design through implementation, rollout, and operation

Design and evolve the backend systems, APIs, and data models used to run Tests and process their results

Improve the reliability, correctness, performance, and observability of the Tests runtime

Investigate complex production issues, identify root causes, and build durable solutions

Simplify existing systems and improve the abstractions and interfaces that other engineers build on

Collaborate with engineers across Vanta on problems that span systems and tea

boundaries

Give thoughtful feedback in design and code reviews, communicate technical tradeoffs, and help other engineers make good decisions

Mentor other engineers and contribute to the engineering culture of the team

How to be successful in this role:

Have strong experience building and operating reliable, scalable backend systems in production

Have independently delivered complex technical projects where the problem or solution was not always well defined

Have strong systems thinking and fundamentals in backend system design, APIs, and data modeling

Be a strong debugger who can reason about correctness, reliability, performance, and scalability across complex systems

Make effective technical tradeoffs, take ownership of systems in production, and improve mature systems incrementally

Communicate technical decisions clearly, give thoughtful feedback on designs, and collaborate effectively with engineers across teams

Experience with TypeScript, GraphQL, MongoDB, and observability tools such as Datadog is a plus

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:

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 fully-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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• Strong experience building and operating reliable, scalable backend systems in production
• Proven ability to independently deliver complex technical projects with ambiguous problems or solutions
• Expertise in backend system design, APIs, data modeling, debugging, and making effective technical tradeoffs