Senior Fullstack Engineer (Vendor Risk Management, UK) in London

What you'll do as a Senior Software Engineer at Vanta:

• Lead complex, ambiguous projects end-to-end, partnering with multiple stakeholders and engineers to accelerate our roadmap and deliver meaningful impact.
• Operate with a high degree of ownership: identify problems, shape solutions, and drive execution without requiring detailed direction.
• Collaborate effectively with teammates across the UK, US, Canada, and Israel, using async-first practices to stay aligned and unblock progress.
• Contribute to cross-cutting engineering initiatives and help build shared product primitives used across teams.
• Make thoughtful tradeoffs that balance business priorities, user experience, and long-term technical sustainability.
• Raise the bar for code quality, system design, and operational excellence.
• Contribute to and help shape Vanta's engineering culture as we grow, particularly as part of a distributed team.

How to be successful in this role:

• 7+ years of full-stack experience, with strong backend expertise.
• Proven ability to lead large, cross-functional projects that span multiple weeks or months, from scoping through delivery.
• High agency and self-direction: comfortable operating as the only engineer on the team in your location while staying highly connected to the broader team.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience working effectively in distributed, async-first environments.
• A track record of building user-facing SaaS products, ideally serving both startups and enterprise customers.
• Experience building 0→1 products as well as scaling and evolving systems in fast-paced environments with a bias for action.
• 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.
• Experience with Typescript and GraphQL is a plus.

What you can expect as a Vanta'n:

• Industry-competitive salary and equity.
• 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage.
• 16 weeks paid Parental Leave for all new parents.
• Health & wellness stipend.
• Remote workspace, internet, and mobile phone stipend.
• Commuter benefits for team members who attend the office.
• Pension matching.
• 25 days of Annual Leave per year and unlimited sick time.
• 8 company-paid holidays.
• Virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events!
• Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, Tel Aviv, and Sydney.

At Vanta, we are committed to hiring diverse talent of different backgrounds and as such, it is important to us to provide an inclusive work environment for all. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender identity, age, religion, sexual orientation, veteran or disability status, or any other protected class. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage and welcome people of all backgrounds to apply.