Senior Backend Engineer, AI Platform

At Vanta, our mission is to secure the internet and protect consumer data. 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. 

As a senior AI platform engineer at Vanta, you will play a crucial role in shaping Vanta’s AI offerings, improving our systems, and setting technical strategy for our end-to-end ML/AI architecture. You’ll be part of the core AI team, working alongside a multidisciplinary group of product engineers, machine learning engineers, product managers, and security and compliance experts to implement, scale, and maintain data pipelines that accelerate AI innovations. In this role, you’ll build solid infrastructure foundations and high-leverage developer tools that empower Vanta’s engineers to create and enhance high-quality AI products efficiently.

What you’ll do as an AI platform engineer at Vanta: 

• Work closely with other engineers at Vanta to understand their pain points in AI development and identify opportunities for improvements

• Design, build, and improve AI infrastructure and tooling, such as offline and online evaluation, data pipelines for model training, and vector search capabilities

• Design, build, and improve unified AI services such as document parsing, search, LLM gateways 

• Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation

• Set an example for effective, collaborative engineering culture, and help mentor junior team members

How to be successful in this role:

• At least 5 years of industry experience as a software engineer

• You have experience designing, implementing, and scaling platform products for internal or external developers, including solving reliability, performance, and monitoring problems

• You have built data pipelines from the ground up, scaled them multiple times, and can think of the right tradeoffs in design, architecture, developer experience, and performance

• Previous experience or a strong interest in ML/AI systems, evaluating quality, and using state-of-the-art AI technology to solve user problems

• You have worked at rapidly scaling startups and large companies, especially with environments that prioritize a bias for action

• You are action-driven, willing to roll up your sleeves and engage directly with users. While you bring strong opinions, you prioritize building a platform that meets users where they are

What you can expect as a Vantan:

• Industry-competitive compensation

• 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage

• 16 weeks fully-paid parental Leave for all new parents

• Health & wellness and remote workplace stipends

• Family planning benefits through Carrot Fertility

• 401(k) matching

• Flexible work hours and location

• Open PTO policy

• 11 paid holidays in the US

• Offices in SF, NYC, Dublin, and Sydney

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate location, skills, depth of work experience, and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below. We hire for this position at multiple levels internally and the base pay range for this position for US based candidates is $163,000 - $223,000 USD.

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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.

About Vanta

We started in 2018, in the wake of several high-profile data breaches. Online security was only becoming more important, but we knew firsthand how hard it could be for fast-growing companies to invest the time and manpower it takes to build a solid security foundation. Vanta was inspired by a vision to restore trust in internet businesses by enabling companies to improve and prove their security.From our early days automating security monitoring for compliance standards like SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001 to creating the world's leading Trust Management Platform, our vision remains unchanged. 

Now more than ever, making security continuous—not just a point-in-time check— is essential. Thousands of companies rely on Vanta to build, maintain and demonstrate their trust— all in a way that's real-time and transparent.