Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure and Security

Vanta is dedicated to helping businesses earn and prove trust through continuous security monitoring. The Senior Software Engineer for Infrastructure and Security will design and build scalable infrastructure, lead cloud infrastructure projects, and implement core security controls to support the rapid growth of Vanta's services.

Responsibilities:

• 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

Requirements:

• 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
• 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