About the role

Director of Engineering at Vanta leading engineering teams for enterprise SaaS compliance solutions. Driving technical strategy and organizational growth in a remote setting.

Responsibilities

Lead multiple teams to deliver results consistently and sustainably while holding a high bar for execution and quality
Independently identify and realize strategies that deliver significant value to our customers and business, with a focus on enterprise platform capabilities
Set and deliver technical strategy such as evolving the legacy codebase and building foundational primitives to support the long-term product vision
Build a best-in-class engineering team through hiring, coaching, mentoring, and creating an environment where teams and managers can do their best work
Actively shape the organization to deliver for the business, including talent development, growing leaders, and performance management
Partner closely with Design, Product, and GTM counterparts to build best-in-class platform capabilities and bring them to market
Drive key architectural initiatives to support Vanta's upmarket growth
Play an integral role in influencing and shaping Vanta's engineering culture and strategy
Enable teams to ship iteratively with speed and quality while effectively balancing ambiguity, available data, and customer needs

8+ years of engineering leadership experience, with deep experience building enterprise SaaS products and platforms in a high-growth environment
Experience leading and scaling engineering organizations of 30+ with multiple teams, and a proven track record of growing line managers
Passion for leading, coaching, and building an inspired team through setting vision, unlocking potential, and driving compassionate accountability
Strong technical craft with the ability to set and deliver technical strategy, including experience with architectural evolution at scale (e.g., monolith to microservices, event-driven architecture, multi-tenant systems)
Business acumen paired with strong product sense—understanding how platform capabilities enable customer value and business outcomes
Experience shipping products at scale with evidence of understanding how work fits into product requirements
Strong decision maker who effectively balances ambiguity, available data, speed, and quality
Effective communicator and story-teller, able to influence cross-functional stakeholders and engineering partners at all levels
Operates at multiple altitudes, from developing vision and strategy to driving execution
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.

Industry-competitive salary and equity
100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage
Pension contribution
16 weeks fully paid Parental Leave for all new parents
Health & wellness stipend
Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipend
Flexible work hours and location
21 days of Vacation Time and 80 hours of Sick Leave
11 company-paid holidays
Virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events!