Help shape the future of AI-powered security at one of the fastest-growing trust management platforms. Vanta is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI, to design and scale AI systems that integrate directly into products trusted by thousands of companies worldwide.
About Vanta
Founded in 2018 after a wave of high-profile data breaches, Vanta’s mission is to secure the internet by making security continuous, not just a point-in-time check. We help businesses earn and prove trust through our leading Trust Management Platform, relied on by thousands of companies to build, monitor, and demonstrate security in real time. With offices in SF, NYC, Dublin, and Sydney—and a strong remote culture across North America—we’re growing rapidly and innovating with AI at the core.
Compensation & Location
- Salary range: $180,000 – $244,000 annually
- Offers equity
- Remote across the US and Canada
- Full benefits, including medical, dental, and vision (dependents covered)
What You’ll Do
- Design and implement AI-powered features in collaboration with product engineering teams
- Integrate large language models (LLMs) into existing products and systems
- Build and improve infrastructure and tools that accelerate AI product development
- Create evaluation sets and quality pipelines to continuously improve ML performance
- Operate across the stack—frontend, API, backend, and database—where needed
- Mentor junior engineers while setting strong technical and cultural examples
What You Need
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Proven expertise in working with LLMs, including prompt engineering, fine-tuning, RAG, and agentic frameworks
- Experience designing and scaling fullstack applications (backend, APIs, frontend)
- Strong knowledge of ML system improvement, evaluation, and deployment
- Background in high-growth startups or environments with a bias for action
- Hands-on, customer-focused mindset—able to dive deep into user challenges to inform AI solutions
Benefits
- 100% covered medical, dental, and vision (with dependents)
- 16 weeks fully paid parental leave for all new parents
- 401(k) with company match
- Health & wellness and remote workplace stipends
- Family planning benefits through Carrot Fertility
- Flexible hours and location
- Open PTO policy + 11 US holidays
Join Vanta’s AI team and help build the next generation of secure, AI-powered products. Your work will shape how thousands of companies prove trust in real time.
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