Senior Backend Software Engineer, Identity

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee intricate projects involving multiple stakeholders and engineers to facilitate the scalability of our business and team.

• Partner with the Security team to ensure Vanta's platform adheres to best practices regarding customer data protection.

• Assist in design evaluations, articulate limitations, and guide engineers in making optimal trade-offs.

• Serve as a cultural guide, exemplifying effective, collaborative engineering practices while mentoring junior colleagues.

• Make informed trade-offs that balance business priorities, user experience, and a robust technical foundation.

• Propel initiatives aimed at enhancing operational readiness and execution quality throughout the engineering organization.

⛳️ Requirements

• Possess a minimum of 8 years of experience in backend development within the industry.

• Demonstrate a strong understanding of authentication protocols (OIDC, SAML) and identity federation concepts (SSO), as well as authorization frameworks (RBAC, policy-based access control).

• Have experience in creating platform services that can scale across various teams.

• Exhibit strong data modeling capabilities for systems with intricate relationships.

• Have tackled challenges related to performance and security in distributed systems.

• Achieved success in complex technical migrations while ensuring system stability.

• Maintain a security-focused mindset with a solid grasp of enterprise security practices.

• Have led technical projects that span several months.

• Thrive in environments that emphasize decisive action and getting results.

• Have experience in mentoring and working collaboratively with other engineers.

• Show interest in contributing to Vanta's engineering culture as we expand.

• Be open to leveraging AI to enhance skills and improve work efficiency, demonstrating curiosity, a willingness to learn, and sound judgment in applying AI responsibly.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% of employee-only benefit premiums covered for most medical plans.

• 16 weeks of paid Parental Leave for all new parents.

• Health & wellness stipend.

• Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipend.

• Commuter benefits for team members who report to the SF and NYC offices.

• Family planning benefits.

• Matching 401(k) contribution with immediate vesting.

• Flexible PTO policy, plus 80 hours of Sick Time.

• 11 company-paid holidays.

• Virtual team-building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events!