Staff Software Engineer, Program Structure & Trust
Remote$260k - $306kFull-timePosted 2w ago
About the role
Staff-level role responsible for designing and delivering the enterprise org model within Vanta's Governance and Compliance platform, enabling customers to structure and operate across product lines, business units, and data residency requirements.
Responsibilities
- Own the design and multi-quarter delivery of Vanta's enterprise org model, including hierarchical product lines and business units, isolated data access and ownership, cross-cutting audit workflows, scoped approvals, and EU and GovCloud data residency support
- Define and evolve the core abstractions that let the platform absorb structurally diverse, often conflicting enterprise requirements — solving for the general case rather than one-off customer accommodations
- Retrofit a live production system toward a multi-tenant org structure: design safe migration paths, sequence delivery incrementally, and preserve continuity for existing customers as the architecture evolves
- Carve out and ship meaningful customer value each quarter while progressing toward the full solution — this requires product judgment, direct engagement with enterprise customers, and the discipline to draw clean increment lines through a complex problem space
- Drive execution across squads outside your direct area, building alignment through technical clarity and credibility rather than authority
- Partner with Engineering leadership, Product, and Design to translate the long-term vision for enterprise structure into phased, deliverable work
- Set the technical standard for the group — define patterns others build to, shape architecture across teams, and model the engineering excellence the Program Structure and Trust charter is organized around
Qualifications
- 10+ years of deep backend engineering experience with a track record of leading complex, multi-quarter technical initiatives in fast-paced, product-focused environments
- Designed platform abstractions that absorbed messy, conflicting enterprise requirements across a diverse customer base — you've solved for the general case, not the loudest customer request
- A track record of shipping in stages: you've moved large, structurally complex problems forward incrementally, with each phase standing on its own, without getting ahead of what customers and the product can absorb
- A history of operating effectively across squads and teams you don't own — alignment built through technical clarity and credibility, not org chart proximity
- Deep familiarity with enterprise architectural patterns: tenancy models, role-based access control, data isolation, scoped permissions, cross-tenant operations, and access boundary design
- Strong communication skills — you make complex systems legible to engineering leadership, product partners, and customer-facing stakeholders, in writing and in the room
- Data residency or GovCloud exposure is a plus; ramp on this in a quarter once core structural problems are in hand
- Open to using AI to amplify your skills and strengthen your work - curiosity, willingness to learn, and sound judgment in applying AI responsibly
Skills
Required:Backend engineeringEnterprise architectureCommunicationProduct leadership and collaboration
Benefits
- 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 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!
Last updated Oct 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Vanta
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Vanta automates the complex and time-consuming process of SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, PCI, and GDPR compliance certification. Automate your security monitoring in weeks instead of months.
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