Senior Backend Software Engineer, Integrations Platform

Vanta
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 195,000 - 229,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Mentoring","Technical leadership","Systems thinking","Cross-team influence","Sound judgment"]

Lead and mentor engineers while shaping the technical direction for Vanta’s Integrations Platform. Design and evolve APIs, authentication and data-ingestion primitives, and scalable developer tooling to power secure, reliable integrations across cloud, identity, MDM, and HRIS systems. Drive complex projects across the stack, improve performance and operational excellence, and standardize design patterns that help internal teams and partners build integrations faster.

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Senior Backend Software Engineer, Integrations Platform

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Job Summary

Lead and mentor engineers while shaping the technical direction for Vanta’s Integrations Platform. Design and evolve APIs, authentication and data-ingestion primitives, and scalable developer tooling to power secure, reliable integrations across cloud, identity, MDM, and HRIS systems. Drive complex projects across the stack, improve performance and operational excellence, and standardize design patterns that help internal teams and partners build integrations faster.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Set technical strategy and direction for critical platform surface areas to stay ahead of rapid growth.
  • •Design and evolve APIs, primitives, and self-service golden paths for internal teams, partners, and customers.
  • •Own authentication, data-ingestion, and schema-evolution primitives to keep integrations secure and reliable at scale.
  • •Build secure, well-documented, scalable backend services and developer tooling, including CI/CD.
  • •Mentor teammates and standardize design patterns while driving performance, operational excellence, and SDLC best practices.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 195,000 - 229,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kParental LeaveWellness StipendRemote WorkInternet StipendCellphone StipendPaid LeaveSick TimePaid Holidays

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years of backend development building reliable, scalable, fault-tolerant systems.
  • •Deep expertise evolving core APIs, SDKs, and platform abstractions with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, OAuth, API keys, and JWT.
  • •Experience building resilient data ingestion/integrations with external systems (cloud providers, HRIS, identity providers, code repositories) including rate limiting, retries, idempotency, webhooks, and schema drift handling.
  • •Systems-thinking expertise designing for scale, reliability, and failure modes; proactive risk identification.
  • •Technical leadership across teams and complex projects, including mentorship and influencing decisions organization-wide.
Experience:8+ yearsSecurityIntegrationsPlatformCloudSaaS
Skills:MentoringTechnical leadershipSystems thinkingCross-team influenceSound judgment
Tech Stack:TypeScriptReactNode.jsRESTful APIsGraphQLOAuthAPI keysJWTCI/CDAI AgentsWebhooksRate limitingIdempotencySchema-evolution

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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