Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

October 24

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Compliance • Security • SaaS

Vanta is a trust management platform that streamlines compliance workflows and enhances security programs for businesses. By leveraging automation, Vanta helps companies achieve and maintain compliance with frameworks like SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR. It offers solutions for companies of all sizes, from startups to enterprises, ensuring security and compliance at scale. With integrations with over 375 tools, Vanta leverages AI to simplify tasks such as questionnaire automation and vendor risk management. Vanta empowers service providers and auditors to deliver efficient and satisfactory experiences, helping businesses build trust with their clients and partners.

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2018

📋 Compliance

🔐 Security

☁️ SaaS

💰 $40M Series B on 2022-10

📋 Description

• Collaborate directly with customers to understand their technical goals and translate them into actionable solutions. • Design and implement integrations, data transformations, and reporting workflows that extend Vanta’s platform to customer-specific use cases. • Work hands-on across the stack — from APIs and SDKs to infrastructure configuration — to ensure smooth deployment, adoption, and performance. • Partner closely with Solution Architects and product engineering teams to align on technical requirements, influence roadmap priorities, and share field insights. • Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues across integrations, data pipelines, and application layers. • Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers, enabling them to maximize the value and security impact of Vanta’s platform. • Contribute to Vanta’s technical and customer success culture by documenting best practices and mentoring teammates.

🎯 Requirements

• Have 5-10+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally in customer-facing or deployment-oriented roles. • Be comfortable coding in one or more modern languages (e.g., TypeScript, Python, Go, or similar) and working with APIs, data systems, and integrations. • Have strong problem-solving skills and the ability to quickly understand unfamiliar systems and adapt Vanta’s products and platform to them. • Enjoy working directly with customers; ranging from technical engineers to security and compliance leaders, and thrive in fast-changing, high-impact environments. • Collaborate effectively with Solution Architects, product engineers, and cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end solutions. • Have an interest in security, compliance, or SaaS infrastructure; prior experience in these domains is a plus, but not required. • Willingness to travel approximately 10–15% of the time for customer engagements, on-site implementations, or strategic planning sessions.

🏖️ 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