Engineering Director, Automation

Vanta

Director of Engineering leading dynamic engineering organization at Vanta. Responsible for evolving integrations platform and ensuring customer satisfaction for security compliance.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $321,000 - $378,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner closely with Design, Product, Engineering, and Go To Market counterparts to build out our integrations developer platform and our engineering services team
Lead multiple teams to deliver results consistently and sustainably while holding a high bar for execution and quality
Proactively identify, define, and lead strategic initiatives that align engineering capabilities with business outcomes.
Guide technical strategy, ensuring that your teams are enabling long-term value aligned with Vanta’s business priorities.
Build a high-impact engineering team - coach, mentor, and create an environment where your teams and managers can do their best work and deliver for the business.
Play an integral role in influencing and shaping Vanta’s engineering culture and strategy
Responsible for protecting Vanta and customer data in how your team operates and delivers results.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of engineering leadership experience, with deep experience working on complex products and/or their respective platforms in a high growth environment
Experience leading & scaling engineering organizations of 40+ in size with multiple teams, and a proven track record of growing high-performing teams beyond this initial size
Proven success driving execution through your managers and keeping a pulse on the needs of everyone in your organization
Passion for leading, coaching and building an inspired team through setting vision, unlocking potential, and driving compassionate accountability
Business acumen paired with an understanding of applying the unique leverage of platform principles to enable step change product innovation & results
Experience building a developer platform or partner ecosystem a plus
Experience working with forward deployed or customer facing engineering teams a plus
Open to using AI to amplify their skills and strengthen your work - demonstrating curiosity, a willingness to learn, and sound judgment in applying AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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
Commuter benefits for team members who report to the SF and NYC office
Family planning benefits
Matching 401(k) contribution with immediate vesting
Flexible PTO policy, plus 80 hours of Sick Time
11 company-paid holidays
Virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events!

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Hard Skills & Tools

engineering leadershipdeveloper platformplatform principlesproduct innovationexecution managementteam scalingstrategic initiativesdata protectionAI application

Soft Skills

coachingmentoringteam buildingvision settingcompassionate accountabilityinfluencingshaping culturecommunicationorganizational awareness