Key skills
Technical roadmap ownershipSystem designCross-org leadershipProject portfolio managementMentoring engineersStakeholder alignmentAI applicationTechnical direction synthesisAILeadership
About this role
Vanta is a company that helps businesses earn and prove trust through continuous security monitoring. The Staff Engineer in Product Engineering will lead large-scale initiatives, define technical direction, and collaborate across teams to deliver impactful features in the Trust Product area.
Responsibilities:
- 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
Requirements:
- Lead large-scale, multi-team initiatives from end to end
- Define technical direction and architecture
- Collaborate with leadership across Engineering, Product, and Design
- Mobilize multiple pods of 6–7+ engineers to deliver complex features
- Lead with influence, mentor engineers at all levels
- Proactively unblock others
- Influence organizations to improve code quality or uplevel your team
- Ship features
- 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
- Draw upon your extensive knowledge of Product delivery and system design
- Strong ability to navigate ambiguity, manage stakeholder alignment, and synthesize technical direction
- Known as a strategic leader who delivers impactful outcomes and enables others to succeed
- Leads complex project portfolios across teams with full accountability for architecture and outcomes
- Directly responsible for both execution coordination and high-quality personal contribution
- Mentors engineers across the org; actively develops technical leadership in others
- Recognized internally as a force for scale, clarity, and system-level thinking
- Open to using AI to amplify their skills and strengthen their work