Engineering Manager, AI

Vanta, Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Remote - Canada

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Lead a rapidly scaling team of 7 engineers, with plans to expand further this year, focusing on the development of Vanta’s AI-first platform and Vanta Agent product for downmarket and startup customers.
• Build and scale a high-performing engineering team by strategically hiring to fill critical skill gaps and fostering an environment where engineers can thrive and deliver impactful results.
• Coach and mentor engineers through one-on-one development, career growth planning, and performance feedback to ensure sustained team excellence.
• Set technical direction and strategy for AI agent systems and downmarket product initiatives, aligning long-term architecture with Vanta’s business priorities and customer needs.
• Partner closely with product, design, and AI platform teams to ship customer-facing AI features that automate evidence collection for audits while maintaining human-in-the-loop controls.
• Champion best practices in applied AI including prompt engineering, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), agentic frameworks, and quality evaluation methodologies to ensure reliable, trustworthy AI outputs.
• Navigate rapid change and ambiguity by iterating quickly on roadmaps, adapting priorities as the team’s charter evolves in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Drive adoption of AI amplification tools across the team, encouraging responsible and effective use of AI to improve efficiency, reduce manual work, and enhance product quality.
• Ensure the Vanta Agent product maintains customer control as the final approver in all automated decisions, balancing automation with trust and compliance.
• Collaborate with GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) subject matter experts to align AI features with regulatory and audit requirements such as SOC 2, HIPAA, and ISO 27001.
• Stay current with evolving AI technologies and evaluate new tools, frameworks, and techniques to maintain Vanta’s competitive edge in automated trust verification.
• Support the team’s familiarity with Vanta’s tech stack (TypeScript, React, Node.js) and encourage rapid onboarding for engineers without prior exposure.
• Promote a culture of curiosity, continuous learning, and responsible AI usage, where team members are empowered to experiment, learn from failures, and improve impact.
• Participate in company-wide events including virtual team building, lunch and learns, and other initiatives that foster connection and engagement across remote teams.

🎯 Requirements

• 2+ years of experience managing technical teams of 4-8+ engineers
• Proven track record as a strong individual contributor before transitioning to management, with hands-on applied AI experience
• Deep knowledge of building LLM-backed products, including experience with prompting, RAG, agent frameworks, and quality hill-climbing
• Experience in fast-paced, startup environments; founder background or YC experience is a strong plus
• Strong adaptability and comfort with ambiguity—you can quickly iterate on roadmaps without too much attachment as priorities evolve
• Excellent collaboration and influencing skills across engineering, product, design, and cross-functional teams

🏖️ Benefits

• 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, internet, and cellphone stipend

Skills & Technologies

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Node.js

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About Vanta, Inc.

Vanta is a San Francisco-based compliance automation platform that helps businesses obtain and maintain SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR and other security certifications. Its cloud service continuously monitors infrastructure, collects audit evidence, runs automated tests and produces auditor-ready reports, reducing the manual effort and cost of demonstrating security posture to customers and regulators. Founded in 2017, the company primarily serves high-growth SaaS startups and mid-market technology firms.

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