Senior Software Engineer, AI Product
Vanta
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About Vanta
At Vanta, our mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust. We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously, empowering companies to practice better security and prove it with ease. Vanta has a kind and talented team, where individuals succeed with or without prior security experience.
The Role: Senior Software Engineer, AI Product
As a Senior Software Engineer, AI Product at Vanta, you will play a crucial role in shaping Vanta’s AI offerings, setting technical strategy, and leading projects that leverage AI to deliver smarter, faster outcomes for our customers. You'll be part of a team integrating AI into the Vanta product, collaborating with a multidisciplinary group of product engineers, machine learning engineers, product managers, designers, and security and compliance experts to implement, scale, and maintain AI-enabled product experiences. In this role, you’ll build products that enable Vanta’s customers to leverage AI to accelerate their journey towards compliance, managing risk, and earning trust.
Visit our Vanta Engineering Blog to learn more about what our team is working on!
What you'll do as an engineer working on Applied AI at Vanta:
- Work cross-functionally to design and implement AI-powered features, delivering customer value and integrating LLMs with Vanta’s existing products and systems.
- Collaborate with other product engineers across Vanta to understand how AI systems can accelerate product adoption.
- Instrument evaluations, guardrails, and monitoring, and review customer usage to continually improve quality.
- Collaborate with AI Platform engineers shaping foundational AI systems and tooling that accelerate product teams.
- Make pragmatic tradeoffs considering business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation.
- Mentor engineers, champion good technical and product instincts, and model a collaborative, high-ownership engineering culture.
How to be successful in this role:
- At least 7 years of industry experience as a software engineer.
- You’ve shipped LLM-backed products and have experience with prompting, RAG, and/or agent frameworks.
- Experience designing, building, and scaling full-stack applications, including backend systems, APIs, and frontend interfaces.
- Familiarity with TypeScript, React, and Node.js, or a willingness to learn!
- Experience improving AI systems, creating eval sets, and driving quality hill-climbing.
- Experience mentoring other engineers and collaborating with product and design.
- Worked at rapidly scaling startups and large companies, especially with environments that prioritize a bias for action.
- Action-driven, willing to roll up your sleeves and engage directly with users, and not afraid to put on your product hat.
- Brings strong opinions but prioritizes building a platform that meets users where they are.
What you can expect as a Vanta'n:
- Industry-competitive salary and equity.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% of employee-only benefit premiums covered for most medical plans.
- 16 weeks fully-paid Parental Leave for all new parents.
- Health & wellness stipend.
- Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipend.
- Commuter benefits for team members who report to the SF and NYC office.
- Family planning benefits.
- Matching 401(k) contribution with immediate vesting.
- Flexible PTO policy, plus 80 hours of Sick Time.
- 11 company-paid holidays.
- Virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events!
- Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, Tel Aviv, and Sydney.
At Vanta, we are committed to hiring diverse talent of different backgrounds and as such, it is important to us to provide an inclusive work environment for all. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender identity, age, religion, sexual orientation, veteran or disability status, or any other protected class. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage and welcome people of all backgrounds to apply.
Key skills/competency
- Applied AI
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Full-stack Development
- TypeScript
- React
- Node.js
- Prompt Engineering
- RAG Frameworks
- System Design
- Mentorship
How to Get Hired at Vanta
- Research Vanta's culture: Study their mission to "earn and prove trust," values, recent engineering blog posts, and employee testimonials on LinkedIn and Glassdoor.
- Tailor your resume: Highlight experience shipping LLM-backed products, full-stack development, and working in fast-paced startup environments.
- Showcase AI expertise: Prepare to discuss your experience with prompting, RAG, agent frameworks, and improving AI system quality through eval sets.
- Demonstrate collaboration and mentorship: Be ready to provide examples of cross-functional teamwork, product instincts, and mentoring junior engineers effectively.
- Articulate Vanta's impact: Connect your skills to Vanta's mission of continuous security monitoring and how AI can accelerate compliance journeys.
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