--- title: 'Staff Software Engineer, AI and Data Risk at Vanta' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/staff-software-engineer-ai-and-data-risk-vanta-ireland-z104tnx5kd36' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-15' --- # Staff Software Engineer, AI and Data Risk at Vanta - **Company:** [Vanta](https://feeny.ai/companies/vanta) - **Location:** Ireland - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-09-18 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-15 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/vanta/31cdf07c-21ab-460c-912e-f288dc38090e ## Job description At Vanta, our mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust. We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously, and we empower companies to practice better security and prove it with ease. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it. Our Staff Software Engineers identify key strategic technical initiatives, deliver significant value to our customers and business, and set the tone for engineering excellence and culture. As a Staff Software Engineer on the team based in London, you will play a key role in growing our engineering presence in Europe. You'll partner with product management, product design, and your growing engineering team to drive the discovery and development of privacy, AI, and risk management features that expand Vanta’s value for its customers - working in a domain where technical decisions carry real compliance and data-governance weight, not just product tradeoffs. Your work will accelerate product development and create a consistent customer experience for all of our customer segments. Vanta’s team and technology surface are growing quickly, and it’s essential that we invest in the right abstractions and systems to enable us to scale with our business. Our business has found incredible product-market fit and has monetized effectively since the day we signed our first customer. We’re growing at a blistering pace, which presents career-defining opportunities for engineers to accelerate their growth and to contribute to a rapidly-scaling company. This role is remote-first. For engineers based in the London area, we ask for 2–3 days per week in the office. For engineers based elsewhere in the UK/Ireland, we expect occasional travel to London (roughly once per quarter, <20% of your time). Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it. We’d love for you to join us! What you’ll do as a Staff Engineer at Vanta: - 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 How to be successful in this 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 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 and lunch allowance 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 #LI-remote 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. ## About Vanta We started in 2018, in the wake of several high-profile data breaches. Online security was only becoming more important, but we knew firsthand how hard it could be for fast-growing companies to invest the time and manpower it takes to build a solid security foundation. Vanta was inspired by a vision to restore trust in internet businesses by enabling companies to improve and prove their security. From our early days automating security monitoring for compliance standards like SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001 to creating the world's leading Trust Management Platform, our vision remains unchanged. Now more than ever, making security continuous—not just a point-in-time check— is essential. Thousands of companies rely on Vanta to build, maintain and demonstrate their trust— all in a way that's real-time and transparent. Referral Instructions If you are being referred for the role, please contact that person to apply on your behalf. ## About Vanta ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Vanta provides the leading Agentic Trust Platform that automates compliance, risk management, and security proof for businesses. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series C) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, USA (with offices in New York, Dublin, London, and Sydney) - **Founded**: 2018 - **Founders**: Christina Cacioppo (CEO) ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) / Cybersecurity - **Target Customers**: B2B, ranging from startups to mid-market and enterprise (16,000+ customers) - **Mission/Purpose**: To protect consumer data and restore trust in internet businesses by enabling companies to improve and prove their security continuously. ## Products & Services - **Vanta Agentic Trust Platform**: An integrated platform with four core capabilities: - **Compliance**: Automates and continuously monitors compliance with 35+ frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, FedRAMP, HITRUST, NIST AI RMF, etc.), featuring 1,400+ automated tests and AI-powered policy generation. - **Risk**: Provides a unified view of internal and third-party risk, including vendor risk management (TPRM). - **Proof**: Enables real-time sharing of security posture through Trust Centers and automated questionnaire responses (reported to automate 93% of questionnaires). - **Vanta AI Agent**: A 24/7 GRC engineer that drafts policies, completes questionnaires, flags risks, remediates failed tests, and summarizes findings, saving teams an average of 4+ hours per week. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Key Metric**: Total funding of over $300 million. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by Sequoia Capital, Craft Ventures, Y Combinator, J.P. Morgan, and Goldman Sachs. - **Growth Signals**: - Trusted by over 16,000 customers. - Named a Leader in *The Forrester Wave™: Governance, Risk, and Compliance Platforms, Q2 2026*. - Forrester noted that "Vanta’s innovation approach is unparalleled" with "disruptive product launches." - Reports of significant customer wins, including saving 2,000 hours annually and eliminating 10 spreadsheets for one customer. ## Competitive Advantages - **First-mover & Category Leader**: Vanta pioneered automated compliance for fast-growing tech companies and is now the leading platform in the space. - **AI-Native Platform**: The Vanta AI Agent is a core differentiator, acting as a "24/7 GRC engineer" rather than a simple add-on, making it extremely sticky and efficient. - **Breadth of Coverage**: Supports 35+ frameworks and integrates with 400+ tools, providing a single source of truth for all trust-related work. - **Network Effects**: A large customer base and partner ecosystem (e.g., auditor portal) create a strong moat. ## Strategic Focus - **Continuous Trust**: Moving security from a point-in-time check to a continuous, real-time state. - **AI-Driven Automation**: Deepening the capabilities of the Vanta AI Agent to handle more complex GRC tasks autonomously. - **Enterprise Expansion**: Catering to larger, more complex organizations with features like FedRAMP support and advanced TPRM. - **Global Reach**: Expanding international presence (offices in Dublin, London, Sydney) to serve a global customer base. ## Why Work Here - **Culture & Values**: Emphasizes a "remote-first" setup in the US and a hybrid model internationally. Core principles include "Put customers first," "Bias for action," "Win as one team," "Lead with resilience," and "Decide with frameworks." - **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Remote-first for US team members; hybrid options available at international offices (San Francisco, New York, Sydney, Dublin, London). - **Benefits**: Comprehensive benefits package includes medical/dental/vision, industry-competitive paid parental leave, generous PTO, and a 401k matching plan. - **Engineering Culture**: The company is building a platform where the AI Agent acts as an "experienced GRC engineer," offering a chance to work on cutting-edge AI problems in a high-growth environment. The CPO previously scaled engineering, product, and design teams at GitHub. ## Sources 1. [Vanta About Us](https://www.vanta.com/company/about) 2. [Vanta Website](https://www.vanta.com/) 3. [Vanta Careers Page](https://www.vanta.com/company/careers) 4. [Vanta - What is Vanta?](https://www.vanta.com/resources/what-is-vanta) 5. 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