Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure and Security

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.

About the job:

Vanta’s Infrastructure & Security team provides a platform that powers the scalability, performance, and reliability of Vanta’s core systems. As our customer base continues to grow rapidly, we need infrastructure that scales with us without compromising speed or developer productivity. You’ll work on distributed systems, infrastructure primitives, and security enhancements that enable our engineers to ship reliable software at scale.

This team has a wide breadth of impact across all of product engineering. Our work touches every corner of product engineering and compounds in value; we make it easier for engineers to diagnose bugs, build features, and deliver value to customers quickly and safely.

Vanta engineers design and develop new product functionality and infrastructure leveraging modern frameworks and tooling, including TypeScript, React, Node.js, MongoDB, Github Actions, and various AWS services such as Fargate and ECS.

We have a kind, talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have succeeded here without it. If you're excited to work at the intersection of infrastructure and security, we’d love to meet you.

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

You will also:

• Design and build scalable infrastructure to support rapid growth in data volume, service usage, and engineering velocity

• Lead projects across our cloud infrastructure, including container orchestration (e.g., AWS Fargate, ECS), monitoring and alerting systems, networking, and database maintenance

• Implement and maintain core security infrastructure and controls including, service-to-service authentication, secrets management, application security primitives (e.g., rate-limiting, encryption libraries, etc.), and infrastructure hardening

• Identify and solve complex scalability and performance challenges, particularly related to service reliability and data throughput

• Partner closely with Security Engineering to implement infrastructure that supports best-in-class security and compliance practices

• Drive infrastructure design reviews and provide technical guidance on architectural decisions and trade-offs

• Work with talented and kind engineers to make a significant impact on our customer base, enabling them to improve their security and prove it

• Contribute to building Vanta’s engineering culture as we grow

How to be successful in this role:

• You’ve played technical leadership roles on Infrastructure or platform teams

• You have experience with infrastructure, AWS services,, and scaling platforms in fast-growing environments

• You care deeply about performance and reliability

• You’re thoughtful about trade-offs and have good product sense when creating new infrastructure

What you can expect as a Vantan:

• Industry-Competitive Salary and Equity

• 100% covered Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits with Dependents Coverage

• 16 Weeks Fully Paid Parental Leave for All New Parents (Moms, Dads, Adoptive, Foster)

• Health & Wellness Stipend

• Remote Workspace Stipend

• 401(k) Matching Plan

• Flexible Work Hours and Location

• Open & Encouraged PTO Policy

• 12 Company Paid Holidays

• Free Memberships to Online Wellness Platforms (One Medical, Ginger, Headspace, and more!)

• Virtual Team Building Activities, Lunch and Learns, and other Company-Wide Events

• Offices in SF and NYC with Hubs of Vantans forming across the US, including but not limited to, Seattle, Austin, Indianapolis, LA, Boston, and more!

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.