• 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 Trust team, you’ll work on initiatives with impact across some of the fastest growing areas of business at Vanta, and major impact for our largest customers
• 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
• As a Staff Engineer, you are expected to lead large-scale, multi-team initiatives from end to end
• You will define technical direction and architecture, collaborate with leadership across Engineering, Product, and Design, and mobilize multiple pods of 6–7+ engineers to deliver complex features
• You must lead with influence, mentor engineers at all levels, proactively unblock others, influence organizations to improve code quality or uplevel your team, and ship features
• Equivalent roles outside Vanta are often titled Staff, Senior Staff, Principal, or Senior Principal Engineer
• Own the technical roadmap for major product domains within the Trust org
• Work across teams to turn ambiguous goals into aligned, well-architected execution plans
• Lead execution by scoping, assigning, and coordinating work across multiple pods of engineers
• Personally build the foundational pieces and unblock high-complexity work
• Influence product strategy, grow technical talent, and define patterns and best practices org-wide

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- Directly responsible for both execution coordination and high-quality personal contribution
• Known as a strategic leader who delivers impactful outcomes and enables others to succeed
• Recognized internally as a force for scale, clarity, and system-level thinking
• Mentors engineers across the org; actively develops technical leadership in others
• Strong ability to navigate ambiguity, manage stakeholder alignment, and synthesize technical direction
• Draw upon your extensive knowledge of Product delivery and system design; Our Staff Engineers typically have a decade or more of cross-org leadership experience in addition to overall years of experience
• Leads complex project portfolios across teams with full accountability for architecture and outcomes