Engineering Manager, Test Experience

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. 

The Test Experience team owns one of the most critical and widely-used features on the Vanta platform—Tests. Vanta Tests give customers visibility into their compliance posture, automatically collect audit evidence, and provide clear remediation guidance. Our team is responsible for the complete lifecycle of Tests, from configuration and execution to managing test outcomes and driving customer action.

We're scaling our execution infrastructure and building the next generation of test personalization while exploring AI-powered solutions for test creation and intelligent remediation workflows. This is a high-visibility role where you'll lead a team building platform features that directly impact both our internal engineering teams and our customers' daily experience with Vanta.

As an Engineering Manager, you'll be responsible for setting strategy, leading your team to deliver results consistently and sustainably, growing and developing talented engineers, and cultivating a healthy, results-driven culture on your team.

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

What you’ll do as an Engineering Manager at Vanta:

• Drive significant impact for our customers and business by leading your team to deliver results consistently and sustainably

• Build a best-in-class engineering team by coaching, mentoring, and creating an environment where your team can do their best work

• Set direction and guide technical strategy, ensuring that your team is delivering long-term value aligned with Vanta's business priorities

• Work closely with product, design, and customer-facing teams to build and ship high-value features that solve real customer problems

• Champion engineering excellence, including quality, scalability, and operational rigor, as the team grows its platform capabilities and explores AI-driven innovations

How to be successful in this role:

• 3+ years of professional experience in a full-time engineering leadership role managing teams of 6-8+ engineers

• Strong decision maker who effectively balances ambiguity, available data, speed, and quality

• Experience managing and upleveling senior individual contributors

• Proven track record of guiding product and long-term technical strategy

• Experience leading or working on backend systems that coordinate complex workflows or decision logic at scale, with a strong emphasis on performance and quality.

• Previous experience working on product features in a SaaS environment, with an understanding of fullstack engineering and customer-facing development

• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate closely with cross-functional partners including product, design, and other engineering teams

• Strong technical foundation with the ability to participate in architecture decisions and guide technical direction

What you can expect as a Vantan:

• 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 work hours and location

• Flexible PTO policy, plus 80 hours of Sick Time

• 11 company-paid holidays

• Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, 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.