Senior Backend Engineer, Vendor Risk Management - London Vanta 4 days London, UK Software Devel[...]

Remote Company; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity firm is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for Vendor Risk Management in London. In this role, you'll design and build backend services for automated attack surface analysis, collaborate with talented engineers, and lead complex projects. Candidates should have 8+ years of experience, strong AWS skills, and an appreciation for cybersecurity concepts. The position offers competitive salary and comprehensive benefits in a supportive, diverse environment.

Benefits

Industry-competitive salary and equity

100% covered medical, dental, vision benefits

16 weeks paid parental leave

Health & wellness stipend

25 days of PTO per year

Virtual team events

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of industry experience.
• Experience with scaling platforms in fast-growing environments.
• Thoughtful about trade-offs when creating new infrastructure.
• Bonus for experience in cybersecurity concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate the backend services for attack surface analysis.
• Build distributed systems for asset discovery and vulnerability scanning.
• Engineer monitoring and alerting systems for security data reliability.
• Collaborate with security researchers for rapid deployment.

Skills

AWS services

Infrastructure scaling

Product sense

Technical leadership

Cybersecurity concepts

Job description

Senior Backend Engineer, Vendor Risk Management - London

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.

What you’ll do as a Senior Backend Engineer, Vendor risk management at Vanta

• Design, build, and operate the backend services that power our large-scale, automated attack surface analysis engine.
• Build our distributed systems for asset discovery and vulnerability scanning, ensuring high performance and comprehensive coverage.
• Engineer sophisticated monitoring and alerting systems to guarantee the reliability, speed, and integrity of our security data pipeline.
• Collaborate with security researchers to rapidly deploy new scanning techniques and threat detection modules into our production environment.
• Work with talented and kind engineers to make a significant impact on our customer base, enabling them to improve their security and prove it.
• Lead complex projects with multiple stakeholders and engineers to deliver significant impact to our business.
• Set direction for critical technical surface areas, enabling us to stay ahead of continued rapid growth.
• Contribute to building Vanta’s engineering culture as we grow.

How to be successful in this role

li>Have at least 8 years of industry experience.
• You have experience with infrastructure, AWS services, and scaling platforms in fast-growing environments.
• You’re thoughtful about trade-offs and have good product sense when creating new infrastructure.
• Bonus points for experience or a strong interest in cybersecurity concepts like External Attack Surface Management (EASM), vulnerability scanning, threat intelligence, or network security principles.
• Have played technical leadership roles for teams or complex projects.
• Have previous startup experience, or worked in an environment that prioritizes a bias for action.
• Have previous experience working on greenfield projects.

What you can expect as a Vantan

• Industry-competitive salary and equity.
• 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage.
• 16 weeks paid parental leave for all new parents (birthing, non-birthing, and adoptive).
• Health & wellness stipend.
• Commuter benefits for team members who attend the office.
• 25 days of PTO per year and unlimited sick time.
• Virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events.

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.

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.