Engineering Manager, AI Platform

At Vanta, our mission is to secure the internet and protect consumer data. 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.

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our AI Platform team. This team is dedicated to building the AI experience for our engineers. The AI Platform team is responsible for the foundational primitives that empower our developers to deliver high-quality AI experiences efficiently.

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll be responsible for setting strategy, leading your team to deliver results consistently and sustainably, growing and developing talented engineers, and cultivating a healthy, results-driven culture on your team to deliver significant value to our customers and enable our business to scale.

What you’ll do as an Engineering Manager at Vanta:

• Coach, mentor and create an environment where your team can do their best work and deliver for the business.

• Set direction and guide technical strategy, ensuring that your team is delivering long-term value aligned with Vanta’s business priorities

• Work closely with stakeholders to deeply understand developer needs, identifying and implementing solutions that support advancing AI at Vanta.

• Champion best practices for AI quality and AI operations.

How to be successful in this role:

• 2+ years of experience managing technical teams of 6 or more engineers.

• Direct experience managing ML and applied engineering teams.

• Proven track record as an engineer, you know how to build AI/ML Platforms with strong fundamentals.

• Deep knowledge of data flywheels, evals, and quality hill-climbing.

• Strong leadership abilities with experience in hiring, mentoring, and growing senior engineers.

• Excellent communication skills to build consensus with stakeholders, building and iterating in the platform to meet users where they are.

• Pragmatism and scrappiness, knowing when to build vs buy, what customers really need, and how to create iterative plans.

What you can expect as a Vantan:

• Industry-competitive compensation

• 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage

• 16 weeks fully-paid parental Leave for all new parents

• Health & wellness and remote workplace stipends

• Family planning benefits through Carrot Fertility

• 401(k) matching

• Flexible work hours and location

• Open PTO policy

• 11 paid holidays in the US

• Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, 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.

At Vanta, we are committed to hiring diverse talent of different backgrounds and as such, it is important to us to provide an inclusive work environment for all. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender identity, age, religion, sexual orientation, veteran or disability status, or any other protected class. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage and welcome people of all backgrounds to apply.

About Vanta

We started in 2018, in the wake of several high-profile data breaches. Online security was only becoming more important, but we knew firsthand how hard it could be for fast-growing companies to invest the time and manpower it takes to build a solid security foundation. Vanta was inspired by a vision to restore trust in internet businesses by enabling companies to improve and prove their security.From our early days automating security monitoring for compliance standards like SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001 to creating the world's leading Trust Management Platform, our vision remains unchanged.

Now more than ever, making security continuous—not just a point-in-time check— is essential. Thousands of companies rely on Vanta to build, maintain and demonstrate their trust— all in a way that's real-time and transparent.