Senior Software Engineer II, Foundations

Vanta is a company focused on helping businesses earn and prove trust through continuous security monitoring. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer II for their Foundations team, responsible for improving the scalability and reliability of core data systems and collaborating with various teams to enhance user experience and product velocity.

Responsibilities:

• Improve the scalability and reliability of our core data systems, ensuring they’re robust in the face of growth
• Help define and evolve how we model, store, and query resource data across Vanta
• Collaborate with product, design, and other engineering teams to understand user needs and prioritize impactful work
• Ship quickly and experiment thoughtfully to validate ideas and drive product velocity
• Act as a cultural beacon, setting an example for effective, collaborative engineering and helping mentor junior team members
• Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation
• Drive initiatives to increase operational posture and execution quality across the engineering organization

Requirements:

• Have 8+ years of experience
• Be comfortable operating robust distributed systems and navigating scaling challenges
• Have familiarity with event-driven architecture
• Care deeply about understanding and solving customer problems
• Work well in environments that value decisive action and getting things done, and bias towards shipping quickly to validate ideas and experiment rather than building a perfect solution
• Have led meaningful technical projects from concept to completion
• 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