# Principal Software Engineer, GRC

**Company:** [Vanta](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/vanta)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $321k – $378k/yr
**Experience:** 15+ years
**Skills:** Backend Engineering, Multi-Tenancy, Role-Based Access Control, Data Isolation, Scoped Permissions, Cross-Tenant Operations, Access Boundary Design, Data Residency, Govcloud, AI
**Posted:** 2026-08-31

> Leads the architecture and phased delivery of an enterprise organizational model spanning tenancy, data isolation, permissions, audits, and residency requirements. Requires 15+ years of backend engineering experience and a record of driving complex initiatives across teams.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own the design and multi-quarter delivery of the enterprise organizational model, including hierarchical product lines and business units, isolated data access and ownership, cross-cutting audit workflows, scoped approvals, and EU and GovCloud data residency support.
- Define and evolve core platform abstractions for structurally diverse and conflicting enterprise requirements, solving for general cases rather than one-off accommodations.
- Retrofit a live production system toward a multi-tenant organizational structure by designing safe migration paths, sequencing incremental delivery, and preserving continuity for existing customers.
- Ship meaningful customer value incrementally while progressing toward the complete solution, using product judgment and direct engagement with enterprise customers.
- Drive execution across squads outside the direct area through technical clarity and credibility.
- Partner with Engineering leadership, Product, and Design to translate the long-term enterprise-structure vision into phased deliverables.
- Set technical standards, define reusable patterns, shape architecture across teams, and model engineering excellence.

## Requirements
- 15+ years of deep backend engineering experience.
- Experience leading complex, multi-quarter technical initiatives in fast-paced, product-focused environments.
- Experience designing platform abstractions for conflicting enterprise requirements across diverse customers.
- Track record of incrementally shipping large, structurally complex initiatives.
- Experience operating effectively across squads and teams without direct authority.
- Deep familiarity with tenancy models, role-based access control, data isolation, scoped permissions, cross-tenant operations, and access-boundary design.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for explaining complex systems to engineering leadership, product partners, and customer-facing stakeholders.
- Curiosity and sound judgment in applying AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact.

## Nice to Have
- Data residency or GovCloud experience.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Base salary: $321,000–$378,000, plus equity.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage, with employee-only premiums covered for most medical plans.
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
- Health and wellness stipend.
- Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipends.
- Commuter benefits for team members reporting to the San Francisco and New York City offices.
- Family planning benefits.
- Matching 401(k) contribution with immediate vesting.
- Flexible paid time off, 80 hours of sick time, and 11 company-paid holidays.

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