Senior Fullstack Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and rollout strategy for critical platform services, including large-scale migrations.
• Design, publish, and maintain customer-facing APIs with strong contracts, versioning, authentication, reliability, security, and developer experience.
• Connect services across Vanta’s platform and partner with data-platform teams on access patterns and service boundaries.
• Drive RFCs and decision records to document and preserve architectural decisions.
• Mentor engineers, expand review capacity, and partner with the engineering manager on team health and culture.
• Build backend systems with TypeScript and Node.js and contribute to customer-facing React experiences.
• Use AI tools responsibly to improve development workflows and engineering impact.

Requirements

• 8+ years of backend development experience building reliable, scalable, fault-tolerant systems.
• Experience designing and shipping external or public product APIs, including contracts, versioning, authentication, and developer experience.
• Strong system design and service-boundary thinking with sufficient data-layer fluency to partner with platform teams.
• Comfort working in a modern React frontend codebase and building products end to end.
• Track record completing complex, ambiguous, multi-quarter initiatives directly and through others.
• Experience safely rolling out or deprecating major systems at scale.
• Strong written design communication and demonstrated mentorship.
• Willingness to learn and apply AI responsibly with sound judgment.
• Bonus: experience in startup or bias-for-action environments, MongoDB at scale, or security and compliance products.
• Must reside in and perform all work exclusively from within the United States.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

Benefits

• Industry-competitive salary and equity.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with employee-only premiums fully covered for most medical plans.
• 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents.
• Health and wellness stipend.
• Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipend.
• Commuter benefits for team members reporting to the San Francisco and New York City offices.
• Family planning benefits.
• Matching 401(k) contribution with immediate vesting.
• Flexible PTO, 80 hours of sick time, and 11 company-paid holidays.
• Virtual team-building activities, lunch and learns, and company-wide events.
• Remote work arrangement within the United States; offices are available in San Francisco, New York City, London, Dublin, Tel Aviv, and Sydney.