# Principal Software Engineer, Program Structure

Hiring organization: [Vanta](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/vanta)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/f5bd5288-9515-49e3-9e7a-5ea5317b52ed

Listed on Vanta's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Principal
- Location: Remote U.S.
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 321000 – 378000 USD per year

## Summary

This role leads the architectural design and multi-quarter delivery of Vanta's enterprise organization model, enabling complex customers to structure their security and compliance operations within the platform. It suits a senior backend engineer with deep experience shipping large, phased initiatives and designing abstractions that generalize across diverse enterprise requirements.

_Our summary, not Vanta's wording._

## Skills named

Enterprise Architecture, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

## Required

- 15+ years of backend engineering experience
- Led complex multi-quarter technical initiatives in product-focused environments
- Designed platform abstractions for messy enterprise requirements
- Track record of shipping in incremental phases without blocking on full solution
- Operated effectively across teams outside direct authority
- Deep familiarity with enterprise architectural patterns: tenancy models, RBAC, data isolation, scoped permissions, access boundary design
- Strong communication across engineering, product, and customer-facing stakeholders

## Nice to have

- Data residency or GovCloud exposure
- Openness to using AI to amplify skills and improve work

Apply on Vanta's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/vanta/b6064c79-c142-430f-9dbc-1bed9b2023c9/application