• Architect and design scalable platform solutions for high transaction web applications, focusing on Event-Driven Service Architecture. • Develop and implement systems that efficiently integrate with existing infrastructure and third-party services. • Design, modify, and maintain complex platform systems, ensuring high reliability and scalability. • Lead the planning and implementation of platform features, considering multiple data sources and output requirements. • Test, document, and provide operating instructions for all architectural designs and implementations. • Explore alternative design approaches to determine the best solution, balancing system performance, scalability, and reliability. • Work independently under general guidance, keeping the team informed of progress and any challenges encountered. • Adapt and innovate upon proven approaches to solve unique platform architecture challenges.

• Lead the design and implementation of core components of the Libraries Platform including the services, pipelines, and package index that power secure, reproducible build, test, and distribution workflows for libraries across multiple ecosystems (Java, JavaScript, Python/AI/ML). • Design and maintain automation for artifact creation, updates, and verification, including vulnerability scanning, remediation workflows, SBOM and provenance generation, and policy enforcement across our library catalog. • Build and operate shared platform services such as package indexes, registry mirrors, metadata services, and orchestration tooling that serve both external customers and internal ecosystem teams. • Develop internal developer tools and CLIs (often in Go) that improve how we build, test, and ship libraries at scale, including integration with build systems and CI/CD for multiple ecosystems. • Drive reliability, scalability, and observability for the Libraries platform: define SLOs, build monitoring and alerting, and lead incident response and post‑incident improvements. • Solve complex dependency and build issues in production environments, from toolchain and compiler problems to CI/CD flakiness and registry/package index edge cases. • Partner closely with ecosystem teams (Java, JavaScript, Python/AI/ML), Platform, Delivery, Sustaining, and Security to ensure the platform meets reliability, security, and product requirements. • Mentor and unblock other engineers through design reviews, documentation, and hands‑on debugging, helping to “code culture” into how we build and run our libraries platform.

• Lead customer technical engagements and drive customer workflow analysis • Elaborate technical proposals and develop the Customer Technical Vision (CTV) • Drive technical discovery across multiple workflows, systems, and disciplines • Gather, document, and validate customer technical requirements and current-state environments • Build and maintain deep relationships with technical and business stakeholders • Develop and maintain a Customer Technical Vision (CTV) • Proactively identify expansion opportunities to drive revenue growth • Help coordinate internal specialists for demonstrations and technical discussions • Collaborate with Account Executives to shape opportunity strategy using technical insights

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. Design Systems is on a mission to build tooling that empowers internal teams to easily build consistent and high-quality user experiences that delight our customers. As a Senior Software Engineer on Design Systems at Vanta, you will drive complex initiatives for your team, lead technical direction, and act as a force multiplier by leveraging your skills to uplevel solutions and work through others. You'll build high-quality components, establish UI/UX standards, and mentor engineers across the organization. Ensuring our components meet product needs and keep look and feel consistent, intuitive, and premium for our end customers across a quickly growing engineering org is key to Vanta's success. Visit our Vanta Engineering Blog to learn more about what our team is working on! What you'll do as a Senior Software Engineer at Vanta: - Build, maintain, and update existing shared UI components to ensure they are consistent across our system and product, bug free, well tested, and well documented - Be a leader for and advise on UI/UX best practices and standards at Vanta, bringing a high bar for design craft to ensure our components are both functional and refined - Educate all engineers in UX and industry standards and best practices, our Design System guidance, and how to implement in code - Support product team use cases through building new shared patterns when it makes sense to extend the system, or updating guidance - Drive technical direction within your team and make key technical decisions that will form the system's stance and recommendations for product teams - Identify, scope, and lead technical projects that lay the groundwork for building highly performant and reliable systems - Mentor and uplevel more junior teammates through code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing How to be successful in this role: - Minimum 5-8 years of industry experience with deep expertise in frontend engineering, design systems, and accessibility - Proven ability to drive complex technical initiatives independently, delivering high-quality results in fast-paced environments - Extensive experience building shared UI components and developer tooling that results in exceptional user-facing experiences - Proficiency in system design and software architecture, with an emphasis on user experience and accessibility standards, and a strong sense of design craft - Strong expertise in TypeScript, React, component architecture, state management, and frontend performance optimization - Demonstrated leadership through mentoring teammates, driving technical decisions, and influencing engineering standards - Excellent communication skills with the ability to educate and collaborate effectively across engineering teams - Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for current or future employer sponsorship - Open to using AI to amplify their skills and strengthen their work - demonstrating curiosity, a willingness to learn, and sound judgment in applying AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact What you can expect as a Vanta’n: - 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! - Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, Tel Aviv, 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. #LI-remote 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. Referral Instructions If you are being referred for the role, please contact that person to apply on your behalf.