Staff Software Engineer, GRC at Vanta
$260,000–$306,000
Jul 20, 2026
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Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A staff-level engineering role embedded in the Governance, Risk and Compliance product organization, focused on setting technical direction and leading multi-quarter initiatives that help the platform scale toward enterprise customers. Day-to-day work spans hands-on development, system design, cross-functional project leadership, and mentoring engineers. Suits a seasoned generalist with 10+ years of experience building SaaS products who is comfortable influencing architecture decisions at an organizational level.
Staff level · 10+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 122,500 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 51,500–184,000
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The posting names no specific programming languages, frameworks, or tools anywhere — the skills list is almost entirely domain/discipline-level. The only concrete technical areas mentioned are illustrative examples ('e.g., frontend, databases, distributed systems, APIs, AI') listed under the requirements section, so they are captured as preferred rather than hard gates.
SaaS product development is the one concrete, firm requirement stated in the requirements section ('Extensive experience building user-facing SaaS products') and is marked required; however, it names no specific technology.
The role is classified as Staff Software Developer (15-1252) rather than a people-manager code (11-3021) because the JD explicitly states the role does NOT involve direct management of team members ('even without direct management of team members') and emphasizes hands-on development alongside technical leadership.
No compensation figures are provided despite the JD stating ranges are shared for all US postings; the range may have been omitted from this version of the posting.
The role is tagged #LI-remote and lists a remote workspace stipend, confirming full remote eligibility. Offices in SF and NYC are mentioned as optional reporting locations.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): SaaS product development.
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