Engineering Manager, App Primitives - CAN

Vanta
Toronto
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Communications, PR & CommunitySkills: ["Leadership","Technical judgment","Cross-functional collaboration","Stakeholder management","Team building"]

Lead the App Primitives team that builds the shared “primitives” powering Vanta’s platform—spanning comments, notifications, event logs, feature flags (Statsig), and task management. Own the infrastructure layer and the interface model so product teams can move fast without rebuilding core systems. Develop senior engineers and technical leads, set technical direction for full-stack primitives, and manage cross-team dependencies to deliver at scale.

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Vanta
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Engineering Manager, App Primitives - CAN

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Job Summary

Lead the App Primitives team that builds the shared “primitives” powering Vanta’s platform—spanning comments, notifications, event logs, feature flags (Statsig), and task management. Own the infrastructure layer and the interface model so product teams can move fast without rebuilding core systems. Develop senior engineers and technical leads, set technical direction for full-stack primitives, and manage cross-team dependencies to deliver at scale.
Location: Toronto
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Communications, PR & Community
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead and grow the App Primitives team, owning hiring, team health, delivery, and development of senior engineers and technical leads.
  • •Own the strategy and roadmap for shared product primitives including comments infrastructure, notifications platform, event log, feature flag system (Statsig), and task management.
  • •Define and steward the interface model between App Primitives systems and product teams so product teams can build quickly and safely.
  • •Set technical direction for a full-stack team across data models, backend services, and UI primitives, demonstrating strong technical judgment.
  • •Manage cross-team dependencies and stakeholder expectations across concurrent workstreams with high autonomy.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionPensionParental LeaveWellness StipendRemote WorkPaid LeavePaid Holidays

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of engineering experience with 2+ years managing engineering teams, including developing senior engineers and technical leads.
  • •Experience leading platform, shared services, or product infrastructure teams where others build on your output.
  • •Technical fluency across the full stack, including depth in backend systems, shared data models, and API design.
  • •Strong cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and engineering leaders to define ownership boundaries and drive alignment.
  • •Track record of hiring senior engineers and building a team culture people want to join.
Experience:Platform infrastructureShared servicesSecurity compliance
Skills:LeadershipTechnical judgmentCross-functional collaborationStakeholder managementTeam building
Tech Stack:Statsig

Company Brief

Vanta
Provides automated security and compliance software that helps companies achieve and maintain SOC 2, ISO 27001, and other security certifications by continuously monitoring systems, controls, and evidence.
Industry: Cybersecurity
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2017
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