Senior Software Engineer, AI Platform - job 1 of 2

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. 

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 the long-term technical strategy for our end-to-end 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 pipelines and systems that accelerate AI innovations. In this role, you’ll build solid infrastructure foundations and high-leverage AI developer tools that empower Vanta’s AI engineers to effectively deliver high-quality AI products.

Visit our Vanta Engineering Blog to learn more about what our team is working on! 

What you’ll do on the AI Platform team at Vanta:

• Team up with AI product engineering teams to deliver foundational AI solutions that enable speedy creation of AI-powered features and deliver customer value

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

• Design, build, and improve AI infrastructure and tooling to unblock product strategy

• 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 knowledge in designing, developing, and deploying AI applications leveraging LLM models and systems, with a strong focus on quality and evaluation, prompt engineering, vector stores, RAG, and agentic frameworks

• You have experience designing, building, and scaling internal developer solutions (APIs/services/platform) for ML/AI engineers

• You understand how to improve non-deterministic systems, creating evaluation sets, and driving quality hill-climbing

• You have worked at rapidly scaling 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

• You are able to ramp up to different development environments and languages quickly - bonus if you already know Typescript

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, London, 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 and may vary based on candidate location, skills, depth of work experience, and relevant licenses/credentials.

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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.