Staff Design Engineer, GRC

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. 

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 contribute to a rapidly scaling company. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security or compliance experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it. We’d love for you to join us!

As a Staff Design Engineer, you will work across multiple teams to deliver exceptional, user-centric solutions. This role sits at the intersection of design and engineering – you’ll be responsible for elevating the way the product looks, feels and works while shaping the way designers and engineers collaborate to deliver experiences rapidly. You enjoy being scrappy, finding workable solutions that are not supported by Vanta’s frontend design system. This role focuses on our GRC product, which helps customers scale their compliance programs with streamlined workflows, AI assistance, and continuous control monitoring. We are transforming how companies operate their security and compliance programs through better collaboration, integrated audit experiences, personnel compliance tracking, robust reporting, and IT risk management.

Visit our Vanta Engineering Blog to learn more about what our team is working on! 

What you’ll do as a Staff Design Engineer at Vanta:

• Build new user-facing features with beautiful and scalable UI components

• Identify and solve complex, high-impact user experience problems, leading projects with multiple cross-functional stakeholders. You will prototype, iterate, and ship features that delight users while meeting business goals.

• Partner closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to rapidly prototype product requirements in the web application

• Champion quality, accessibility, and performance: Advocate for web accessibility standards and optimize front-end performance (load times, rendering, responsiveness) so that features feel fast and fluid across browsers and devices.

• Set a high bar for code quality and UI polish, conduct design/code reviews, and guide other engineers in best practices

• Provide design systems feedback and contribute net new components to help empower the entire company with a first-class experience.

• Advocate for and mentor other designers and engineers.

How to be successful in this role:

• You have a strong track record building and shipping user-facing software (likely 10+ years of experience in front-end or UI engineering). You’re fluent in modern web technologies (JavaScript/TypeScript, React, HTML/CSS) and have deep knowledge of browser fundamentals and performance tuning

• You can define reusable patterns and components that serve multiple product teams and will stand the test of time.

• Passion and perfectionism for great user experiences with an eye for design details. You anticipate user needs, ensure interfaces are intuitive with minimal cognitive load, and polish visuals (spacing, typography, motion) to deliver a premium feel. You balance this craft with pragmatism, delivering value quickly while iterating toward excellence.

• Strong programming skills, experience with application development, and excellent troubleshooting skills.

• Proven ability to lead cross-team initiatives and influence without authority. You excel at collaborating with designers, PMs, and engineers across org boundaries, aligning teams around a cohesive front-end strategy.

• Strong communication skills enable you to articulate technical concepts and UX trade-offs to diverse stakeholders.

• You are a self-starter who thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments. You take ownership of problems end-to-end, make effective decisions with incomplete information, and adjust quickly as conditions change.

• You have mentored other engineers or designers to raise the level of those around you. You foster a culture of collaboration, quality, and continuous learning.

• 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.

What you can expect as a Vanta’n:

• Industry-competitive salary and equity

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

• 16 weeks fully-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 office

• 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!

• 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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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.

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