Senior Forensic Engineer
The Vertex Companies LLC
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Vanta
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $207,000 - $244,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
GoPythonTypeScript
About the role
- Collaborate directly with customers to understand their technical goals and translate them into actionable solutions.
- Design and implement integrations, data transformations, and reporting workflows that extend Vanta’s platform to customer-specific use cases.
- Work hands-on across the stack — from APIs and SDKs to infrastructure configuration — to ensure smooth deployment, adoption, and performance.
- Partner closely with Solution Architects and product engineering teams to align on technical requirements, influence roadmap priorities, and share field insights.
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues across integrations, data pipelines, and application layers.
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers, enabling them to maximize the value and security impact of Vanta’s platform.
- Contribute to Vanta’s technical and customer success culture by documenting best practices and mentoring teammates.
Requirements
- Have 5-10+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally in customer-facing or deployment-oriented roles.
- Be comfortable coding in one or more modern languages (e.g., TypeScript, Python, Go, or similar) and working with APIs, data systems, and integrations.
- Have strong problem-solving skills and the ability to quickly understand unfamiliar systems and adapt Vanta’s products and platform to them.
- Enjoy working directly with customers; ranging from technical engineers to security and compliance leaders, and thrive in fast-changing, high-impact environments.
- Collaborate effectively with Solution Architects, product engineers, and cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Have an interest in security, compliance, or SaaS infrastructure; prior experience in these domains is a plus, but not required.
- Willingness to travel approximately 10–15% of the time for customer engagements, on-site implementations, or strategic planning sessions.
Benefits
- 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage
- 16 weeks fully-paid parental Leave for all new parents
- Health & wellness and remote workplace stipends
- Family planning benefits through Carrot Fertility
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work hours and location
- Open PTO policy
- 11 paid holidays in the US
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
TypeScriptPythonGoAPIsdata transformationsreporting workflowsdata pipelinesinfrastructure configurationsoftware engineeringproblem-solving
Soft skills
collaborationcustomer engagementmentoringadaptabilitycommunicationtechnical advisoryteamworkinfluencedocumentationcustomer success
