Salesforce Platform Engineer

Vanta, Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Remote U.S.

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Design and implement modern CI/CD pipelines for Salesforce using GitHub and Gearset, including branching strategy, automated deployments, and release gating
• Establish engineering standards across the Salesforce team: peer review, linting, testing frameworks, branch hygiene, and code quality enforcement
• Implement feature flag infrastructure for safer rollouts and progressive delivery on the Salesforce platform
• Prepare the Salesforce repository and tooling for AI-assisted development workflows, including engineering evals and automated code review
• Build and maintain sandbox and scratch org management processes, including automated seeding of representative test data to enable developer productivity
• Instrument observability across the Salesforce environment through logging, monitoring, and alerting to detect and diagnose issues quickly
• After an initial 9–12 month buildout, contribute as a Salesforce engineer building features in Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), and Flow alongside continued ownership of the Platform/DX domain
• Champion Platform Engineering best practices, testing, and release discipline with teammates to ensure adoption of new standards
• Own the end-to-end developer experience and deployment foundation for the Salesforce engineering team during the initial buildout phase
• Enable scalable growth by building systems that support increasing complexity and volume in GTM operations
• Work on challenging problems involving release safety, developer productivity, test data management, and preparation for AI-assisted development workflows
• Apply deep, hands-on understanding of Salesforce platform quirks and how they diverge from traditional software platform workflows
• Collaborate cross-functionally as the team adopts the standards and practices you establish
• Maintain strong adherence to Salesforce best practices including governor limits, bulkification, and design patterns
• Demonstrate curiosity and responsible application of AI to amplify skills and improve efficiency in Salesforce development workflows

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of Salesforce engineering experience, including hands-on Salesforce Platform Engineering in production
• Hands-on experience with Gearset, Salesforce DX, and Git-based deployment workflows
• Proven experience defining and enforcing branching strategies, code review standards, and release processes for Salesforce orgs
• Strong understanding of Apex and LWC testing frameworks, including driving test coverage, fast deployments, and reliability at scale
• Experience managing Salesforce sandboxes or scratch orgs, including refresh strategy and seeding with realistic test data
• Working knowledge of Apex, Lightning Web Components, and declarative automation (Flows)

🏖️ Benefits

• 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 paid Parental Leave for all new parents
• Health & wellness stipend
• Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipend
• Matching 401(k) contribution with immediate vesting

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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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