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Senior Backend Software Engineer, Identity

Remote, USA Full-time Posted 2025-07-27
    Description:
  • At Vanta, our mission is to secure the internet and protect consumer data.
  • Vanta’s product monitors the security posture for thousands of companies, pulling tens of millions of API calls of data per day.
  • As a Senior Software Engineer at Vanta, you’ll be responsible for setting technical direction to provide a strong foundation for our infrastructure.
  • Your work will be fundamental to Vanta's success with enterprise customers, where robust identity management is essential to earning trust with sensitive data.
    Requirements:
  • Have at least 8 years of industry experience with backend development
  • Strong knowledge of authentication protocols (OIDC, SAML) and identity federation concepts (SSO), or authorization frameworks (RBAC, policy-based access control)
  • Experience building platform services that scale across multiple teams
  • Strong data modeling skills for systems with complex relationships
  • Experience solving distributed systems challenges around performance and security
  • Success with complex technical migrations that maintain system stability
  • Security-focused mindset and understanding of enterprise security practices
  • Have led technical projects spanning months
  • Work well in environments that value decisive action and getting things done
  • Experience mentoring and collaborating with other engineers
  • Interest in contributing to Vanta's engineering culture as we grow
    Benefits:
  • 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

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