Senior Software Engineer, Enterprise Platform - Remote Canada

About Vanta

At Vanta, our mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust. We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously, and we empower companies to practice better security and prove it with ease. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it.

The Opportunity

Vanta’s new Enterprise Platform team is being formed to support the next era of growth by powering services that are reliable, scalable, and resilient by design. As our customer base expands and our systems scale, we need a dedicated group focused on partnering closely with product engineering teams to build and operate robust distributed systems across all of Vanta’s environments, including our new FedRAMP deployment. In this role, you’ll help define the foundations of reliability at Vanta including shaping best practices, building core infrastructure, and guiding teams as they design services that perform consistently for customers.

This team will have a broad and deep impact across product engineering. Your work will influence how every Vanta engineer builds, deploys, monitors, and maintains their services, whether for our commercial environment or regulated customers with more stringent requirements. You’ll develop tools and frameworks that make it easier to detect and remediate issues, improve operational readiness, and support feature development that meets the needs of increasingly large and complex enterprise customers.

Vanta engineers design and develop new product functionality and infrastructure using modern frameworks and tooling, including TypeScript, React, Node.js, MongoDB, GitHub Actions, and AWS services such as Fargate and ECS.

If you're excited to help define a new function, raise the reliability bar across an entire engineering organization, and build systems that scale with Vanta’s growth, we’d love to meet you.

What You’ll Do

• Build and operate the systems that power Vanta’s FedRAMP environments, including automated release, vulnerability remediation, and evidence generation pipelines that meet strict compliance timelines.
• Design and maintain Vanta’s vulnerability management platform, automating detection, remediation, and compliance reporting across both FedRAMP and non-FedRAMP environments.
• Define and evolve Vanta’s production reliability framework, including SLOs, incident response patterns, observability standards, service catalog, metrics dashboards, and the Vanta SLA definition.
• Improve incident response workflows and systems for faster recovery.
• Engineer reliability improvements for CI and deploy workflows, reducing production friction and operational load, while maintaining deployment velocity.
• Collaborate with product teams to embed reliability best practices, guiding operational readiness reviews and helping teams design for resilience.
• Lead design and improvement of datacenter and environment build-outs for future FedRAMP levels and regional expansion.
• Identify and solve complex scalability and performance challenges, particularly related to service reliability and data throughput.
• 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.

How to Be Successful

• You have significant experience in software engineering with a focus on building and operating reliable and scalable systems.
• You have a strong understanding of distributed systems principles and cloud computing technologies.
• You have experience with infrastructure-as-code and automation tools.
• You have a proven ability to design and implement solutions for complex scalability and performance challenges.
• You are familiar with incident response processes and tools.
• You have experience with vulnerability management and compliance frameworks (e.g., FedRAMP, SOC 2).
• You are proficient in one or more programming languages (e.g., TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go).
• You have experience with modern DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• You possess excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• You are able to work independently and as part of a team.

A Day in the Life

As a Senior Software Engineer, Enterprise Platform at Vanta, your day might look like this:

• 9:00 AM: Start your day by reviewing the team's Slack channels and addressing any urgent issues or questions.
• 9:30 AM: Participate in the daily stand-up meeting to discuss progress, blockers, and priorities.
• 10:00 AM: Work on designing and implementing improvements to Vanta's vulnerability management platform, focusing on automating detection and remediation.
• 12:00 PM: Lunch break.
• 1:00 PM: Collaborate with a product team to review their service design and provide guidance on incorporating reliability best practices.
• 2:00 PM: Investigate a recent production incident, identify root causes, and develop solutions to prevent recurrence.
• 3:00 PM: Work on defining and documenting SLOs for a critical service, ensuring alignment with the Vanta SLA.
• 4:00 PM: Participate in a code review, providing feedback on code quality and adherence to best practices.
• 5:00 PM: Wrap up the day by documenting your work and preparing for the next day's tasks.

Why Remote - Canada?

Vanta embraces remote work and values the diverse perspectives and experiences that come from a geographically distributed team. Being remote in Canada allows Vanta to tap into a rich talent pool of skilled engineers while providing employees with the flexibility to work from where they are most productive. This role, specifically based in Canada, allows for time zone alignment with key stakeholders and engineering teams, fostering seamless collaboration. Furthermore, Vanta is committed to creating an inclusive and supportive remote work environment, ensuring that all employees have the resources and opportunities they need to thrive.

Career Path

At Vanta, we are committed to the growth and development of our employees. As a Senior Software Engineer, Enterprise Platform, you'll have opportunities to advance your career in several directions:

• Technical Leadership: Become a Staff Engineer or Principal Engineer, leading technical initiatives and mentoring other engineers.
• Management: Transition into an Engineering Manager role, leading a team of engineers and guiding their career development.
• Specialization: Focus on a specific area of expertise, such as security, reliability, or scalability, becoming a subject matter expert.
• Product Management: Move into a Product Management role, defining and shaping the future of Vanta's products.

Salary & Benefits

Vanta offers a competitive salary and benefits package that is designed to attract and retain top talent. The salary range for this position is $140,000 - $220,000 USD per year. The actual salary will be determined based on your experience, skills, and location.

In addition to salary, Vanta offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Competitive salary and equity package.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Unlimited paid time off.
• Generous parental leave policy.
• Professional development budget.
• Wellness program.
• Remote work flexibility.
• Company-sponsored events and activities.
• Opportunity to work on a challenging and impactful product.
• Collaborative and supportive work environment.
• Opportunity to learn and grow your skills.
• Make a real difference in the world by helping businesses improve their security.
• Home office stipend to set up your workspace.
• Annual company retreat.
• Employee assistance program.

Security Culture

Security is at the core of everything we do at Vanta. We foster a security-conscious culture where everyone is responsible for protecting our data and systems. We provide ongoing security training and awareness programs to ensure that all employees are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to stay safe online. We also conduct regular security audits and penetration tests to identify and address potential vulnerabilities.

How to Apply

If you're excited about the opportunity to join Vanta and help us build a more secure world, we encourage you to apply! Please submit your resume and cover letter through our online application portal. We look forward to hearing from you!

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. What is Vanta's mission? Vanta's mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust.
2. What does the Enterprise Platform team do? The Enterprise Platform team powers services that are reliable, scalable, and resilient by design.
3. What technologies does Vanta use? Vanta uses technologies such as TypeScript, React, Node.js, MongoDB, GitHub Actions, and AWS services like Fargate and ECS.
4. Is this a remote position? Yes, this position is remote and based in Canada.
5. What are the key responsibilities of this role? Key responsibilities include building and operating systems for FedRAMP environments, designing and maintaining the vulnerability management platform, and defining Vanta's production reliability framework.
6. What skills are required for this role? Required skills include experience with distributed systems, cloud computing, automation, vulnerability management, and programming languages like TypeScript or JavaScript.
7. What are the benefits of working at Vanta? Vanta offers a competitive salary, comprehensive health insurance, unlimited paid time off, and a generous parental leave policy, among other benefits.
8. What is the career path for this role? Potential career paths include technical leadership, management, specialization, or product management.
9. How does Vanta ensure security? Vanta fosters a security-conscious culture with ongoing training, regular audits, and penetration tests.
10. How do I apply for this position? Please submit your resume and cover letter through our online application portal.