Vanta
Backend Senior Software Engineer, Identity
$195K–$263K
Remote U.S. · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 7, 2026
- Experience
- Industry experience in backend software development; no number of years specified.
About the job
Designs identity primitives and backend platform services that make agent actions safe, permissioned, auditable, and scalable, while leading technical projects and mentoring engineers.
What you'll do
- Define identity, permission, and attribution models for agent actions across MCP, CLI, and the Vanta Agent.
- Lead complex cross-team projects, set technical direction, and improve platform scalability, security, and operational quality.
- Collaborate with Security and engineering teams; guide design decisions and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- Industry experience in backend software development.
- Strong knowledge of OIDC and SAML with identity federation (SSO), or authorization frameworks such as RBAC or policy-based access control.
- Experience building scalable platform services, modeling complex data, and solving distributed-systems challenges involving performance and security.
- Experience leading multi-month technical projects, complex stable migrations, and mentoring or collaborating with engineers.
Pay
$195K – $263K (base salary)
Tools
OIDC, SAML, SSO, RBAC, MCP, CLI
AI focus
Design identity primitives, permission checks, and auditable attribution for agent-assisted and autonomous actions; use AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact.
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