Vanta - Senior Software Engineer, Product Platform

Remote - USA2w ago

Remote Senior NA Senior Software Engineer Documentation Kafka

Requirements

• Visit our Vanta Engineering Blog to learn more about what our team is working on! • What you’ll do as a Senior Software Engineer, Product Platform at Vanta: • Design and build high-quality, scalable systems and shared libraries that multiple engineering teams depend on - whether that's shared customer-facing components (Applications Primitives) or internal abstractions (Libraries & Foundations) • Partner deeply with product engineering teams to understand their needs and translate them into clean, well-documented APIs and services • Drive technical decisions and influence architecture across team boundaries, with a focus on developer experience and platform scalability • Define and uphold engineering standards for shared components, ensuring consistency, performance, and security across the systems you own • Participate actively in code review, design discussions, and technical planning - raising the engineering quality bar for your team and beyond • Write and maintain thorough documentation for the systems and libraries you build, enabling engineers across the org to use and contribute to them • Contribute to building Vanta's engineering culture as we scale

Responsibilities

• Industry experience in backend or fullstack software engineering, with a focus on platform, shared infrastructure, or developer-facing systems • Experience building shared APIs, services, or platform components used by multiple engineering teams - a platform mindset is critical • Familiarity with distributed systems, event-driven architecture, or message queue systems (Kafka, SQS, pub/sub) • Excellent communication skills - able to work cross-functionally with engineering, product, and design stakeholders, and to clearly articulate technical trade-offs • Track record of shipping high-quality, maintainable code with sound judgment on architectural decisions • 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:

Benefits

• 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage • Pension contribution • 16 weeks paid Parental Leave for all new parents • Health & wellness stipend • Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipend • Flexible work hours and location • 21 days of Vacation Time and 80 hours of Sick Leave • 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.