Vanta is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II, Applied AI to play a foundational role in shaping the company's AI offerings. You will set the technical strategy for our end-to-end ML/AI architecture, build infrastructure foundations and developer tools, and empower engineers to create high-quality AI products efficiently.
What You'll Do
- Team up with product engineering teams to design and implement AI-powered features to deliver customer value and integrate LLM models with existing products and systems.
- Work closely with other engineers to understand their pain points in AI development and identify opportunities for improvements.
- Design, build, and improve AI infrastructure and tooling to unblock product strategy.
- Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation.
- Set an example for effective, collaborative engineering culture, and help mentor junior team members.
What We're Looking For
- At least 5 years of industry experience as a software engineer.
- Knowledge in designing, developing, and deploying applications leveraging LLM models and systems, with a strong focus on Prompt Engineering, Fine Tuning, RAG implementation and Agentic frameworks.
- Experience designing, building, and scaling full-stack applications, including backend systems, APIs, and frontend interfaces.
- Understand how to improve ML systems, creating eval sets, and driving quality hill-climbing.
- Comfortable operating up and down the stack: frontend, API, backend, and database.
- Action-driven, willing to roll up sleeves and engage directly with users. Brings strong opinions but prioritizes building a platform that meets users where they are.
Nice to Have
- Has worked at rapidly scaling startups and large companies, especially with environments that prioritize a bias for action.
Team & Environment
You will be part of the core AI team, working alongside a multidisciplinary group of product engineers, machine learning engineers, product managers, and security and compliance experts.
Benefits & Compensation
- Industry-competitive salary and equity.
- 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage.
- Pension contribution.
- 16 weeks fully paid parental leave for all new parents.
- Health & wellness stipend.
- Remote workspace stipend.
- Flexible work hours and location.
- 21 days of PTO and 80 hours of sick leave.
- 8 to 11 company paid holidays (dependent on territory of residence).
- Virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events.
Work Mode
This is a remote position open to candidates in Alberta, Ontario, and British Columbia.
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.
