Vanta

Software Engineer, AI Product (Canada)

Vanta$120K — $150K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Canada
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience as a software engineer
  • Experience shipping LLM-backed products with knowledge in prompting, RAG, or agent frameworks
  • Full-stack development expertise including backend systems, APIs, and frontend interfaces; familiarity with TypeScript, React, and Node.js
  • Proven track record in improving AI systems and creating evaluation sets
  • Experience in mentoring engineers and collaborating with product and design teams
  • Background in both rapidly scaling startups and larger tech environments
  • Action-driven mindset with a strong user-centric approach and product intuition

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement AI-powered features that integrate LLMs with existing products
  • Establish evaluations and monitoring systems to enhance AI quality
  • Collaborate with AI Platform engineers to develop foundational AI tools
  • Make tradeoffs balancing business priorities, user experience, and technical sustainability
  • Mentor engineering peers and promote a collaborative, ownership-oriented culture

Benefits

  • 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage
  • Pension contribution
  • 16 weeks paid parental leave for all new parents
  • Health and 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 and events
Full Job Description
As a Senior Applied AI Engineer at Vanta, you will play a crucial role in shaping Vanta's AI offerings, setting technical strategy, and leading projects that leverage AI to deliver smarter, faster outcomes for our customers. You'll be part of a team integrating AI into the Vanta product, working alongside a multidisciplinary group of product engineers, machine learning engineers, product managers, designers, and security and compliance experts to implement, scale, and maintain AI-enabled product experiences. In this role, you'll build products that enable Vanta's customers to leverage AI to accelerate their journey towards compliance, managing risk, and earning trust.

What you'll do as an engineer working on Applied AI at Vanta:
  • Work cross-functionally to design and implement AI-powered features to deliver customer value and integrate LLMs with Vanta's existing products and systems. You'll work with other product engineers across Vanta to understand how AI systems can accelerate product adoption at Vanta
  • Instrument evaluations, guardrails, and monitoring, and review customer usage to continually improve quality
  • Collaborate with AI Platform engineers shaping foundational AI systems and tooling that accelerate product teams
  • Make pragmatic tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation
  • Mentor engineers, champion good technical and product instincts, and model a collaborative, high-ownership engineering culture


How to be successful in this role:
  • At least 7 years of industry experience as a software engineer
  • You've shipped LLM-backed products and have experience with prompting, RAG, and/or agent frameworks
  • You have experience designing, building, and scaling full-stack applications, including backend systems, APIs, and frontend interfaces. You have familiarity with TypeScript, React, and Node.js, or a willingness to learn!
  • You have experience improving AI systems, creating eval sets, and driving quality hill-climbing
  • You have experience mentoring other engineers and collaborating with product and design
  • You have worked at rapidly scaling startups and large companies, especially with environments that prioritize a bias for action
  • You are action-driven, willing to roll up your sleeves and engage directly with users. You aren't afraid to put on your product hat. While you bring strong opinions, you prioritize building a platform that meets users where they are


What you can expect as a Vanta'n:
  • Industry-competitive salary and equity
  • 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage
  • Pension contribution
  • 16 weeks 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!
  • Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, Tel Aviv, and Sydney


To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors and may vary based on candidate location, skills, depth of work experience, and relevant licenses/credentials.

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About Vanta

Vanta is a software company that provides automated security and compliance solutions for businesses. The company's platform offers a range of services, including risk assessments, compliance monitoring, and security audits. Vanta's platform is designed to help businesses manage their security and compliance needs more efficiently and effectively. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Learn more about Vanta
Size
50 employees
Industry
Founded
2017
Revenue
$1 million

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