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.
As a Commercial Solutions Engineer at Vanta, you’ll be leading the technical discussion with our mid-market customer base & VIP logos side-by-side with our Commercial Sales team. Your main goal, ensure there’s nothing stopping our customers from realizing the fullest value with Vanta in pursuit of their own security goals and successful customer retention.
The Solutions Team drives customer acquisition and accelerates revenue growth through a mastery of strategic sales and Vanta platform expertise. We create meaningful leverage across Vanta through deep partnerships with Sales - Working side by side to elevate discovery, articulate value, and enable consistent, high quality sales execution. You’ll be an integral part of the Commercial team, working pre-sales to consult and create innovative solutions for our customers. Your attention to detail focused on customer needs will drive stickiness and ensure customers are realizing value from onboarding through adoption, culminating with renewal year-over-year. This will ultimately improve retention and overall success of our Sales teams and customers while helping to collect customer references, case studies, and product feedback to influence product roadmap.
What you’ll do as a Commercial Solutions Engineer at Vanta:
Lead technical discovery with prospects to understand their security, compliance, cloud infrastructure, and development workflows.
Partner closely with Account Executives to develop deal strategy, identify technical champions, and guide prospects through evaluation, proof-of-value, and purchase decisions.
Deliver tailored product demonstrations, walkthroughs, and integration deep dives aligned to customer use cases and success criteria.
Act as the primary technical advisor during the evaluation process, addressing technical objections, competitive comparisons, and solution fit.
Develop and maintain deep expertise in our product capabilities, integrations, configurations, APIs, partner ecosystem, and competitive landscape.
Design and explain how our solution integrates with customers’ cloud providers, identity systems, version control platforms, and security tooling.
Ensure a clean technical handoff to Customer Success and Implementation teams post-sale.
Support revenue growth by responding quickly and effectively to inbound technical questions from Sales and prospects.
Help qualify opportunities by identifying technical fit, risks, and dependencies early in the sales cycle.
Participate in account planning, QBRs, and expansion conversations by demonstrating ongoing technical value.
Capture and communicate structured customer feedback to Product, helping influence roadmap priorities for the Upmarket segment.
Build reusable demos, technical documentation, reference architectures, and enablement materials in partnership with Product, Success, and Marketing.
Share learnings from the field to improve sales motions, messaging, and technical positioning.
Contribute to a collaborative, inclusive Solutions Engineering culture focused on continuous improvement, technical excellence, and customer empathy.
Mentor peers and help evolve best practices for technical selling in the Upmarket segment.
How to be successful in this role:
3-5 years of pre-sales customer-facing, technical experience as a Solutions Engineer, Sales Engineer or equivalent title
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms: AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure & Operating Systems (Windows, MacOS, Linux) and cloud application architecture
Strong project management skills with a proven ability to operate effectively in uncertain environments.
You are creative, curious. technical, and naturally persuasive
You are detail-oriented and organized
You love listening to customers, discussing strategy with colleagues, but also diving into the weeds
You can interact with various titles and roles within an organization including the technical and security-minded, plus executives within large companies
General knowledge with a scripting language (Python, Ruby, Bash, and JavaScript) and a desire to expand those skills
Familiarity with REST API development and service integrations is a plus
Ideally has prior B2B SaaS experience
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.
Vanta automates SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, PCI, and GDPR compliance certification, streamlining security and compliance processes for businesses to achieve and maintain regulatory compliance efficiently.
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