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# Staff Software Engineer, AI and Data Risk

- **Company:** Vanta Incorporated
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software as a Service, Data Governance, Node.Js, TypeScript, ReactJS
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/px8ftipplt

## About the Role

* At least 10 years of industry experience as a software engineer
 * Served as a technical lead for large projects (6+ months in length), including defining the roadmap for complex projects spanning multiple teams and functions
 * Have set technical direction or built systems whose impact extended beyond your immediate team - e.g., shared infrastructure, cross-team standards, or platform decisions other teams built on
 * Built successful SaaS products for both startup and enterprise users
 * Have previous startup experience, or worked in an environment that prioritizes a bias for action
 * Upleveled teams of engineers by mentoring and leading by example
 * Experience working at rapidly scaling startups and large companies, especially with environments that prioritize a bias for action

## Description

* Identify, scope, and lead large technical projects, laying the groundwork for core products to evolve and scale into highly performant, reliable, and customizable systems
 * Design, develop, and own new product functionality and/or infrastructure leveraging modern frameworks and tooling (TypeScript, React, Node.js)
 * Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation
 * Set technical direction that shapes how multiple teams build in the privacy and AI governance spaces - not just a single project's outcome
 * Help stand up and shape engineering practices as we grow our footprint in the UK/Ireland, including interviewing, hiring, and onboarding new teammates
 * Act as a cultural beacon, setting a high bar for engineering culture and excellence, and multiply the impact of the teams around you through mentorship and technical leadership