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Vanta is a Series D security and trust management platform helping businesses earn and prove trust through continuous security monitoring and verification. The company serves thousands of enterprises and has offices across SF, NYC, London, Dublin, Tel Aviv, and Sydney.
As Senior Technical Recruiter, you will own full-cycle engineering recruiting at company and global scope, partnering closely with senior engineering leadership to scale critical technical teams worldwide. This is a strategic role that shapes hiring strategy, sets assessment standards, and represents Vanta's talent brand in competitive markets.
Key responsibilities:
- Own end-to-end recruiting for engineering roles: source and engage top talent across multiple channels, extend offers, negotiate, and close hires while delivering an excellent candidate experience from initial contact through first day
- Act as trusted advisor to senior stakeholders: influence hiring strategy, role prioritization, and business trade-offs
- Set and calibrate technical hiring standards: design candidate assessments in partnership with engineering leadership
- Drive data-informed decisions: track funnel health, talent pool effectiveness, and hiring velocity to continuously improve efficiency
- Represent and evolve Vanta's engineering talent brand through a thoughtful, high-signal, respectful recruiting process
You'll work across backend, frontend, distributed systems, and infrastructure hiring, translating business needs into effective hiring strategies and leveraging market intelligence to identify and compete for scarce technical talent.
Vanta offers industry-competitive salary and equity, comprehensive medical/dental/vision coverage (100% employee-only premiums for most plans), 16 weeks paid parental leave, health & wellness stipend, remote workspace stipend, 401(k) matching with immediate vesting, flexible PTO plus 80 hours sick time, and 11 company-paid holidays.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 6+ years full-cycle technical recruiting experience focused on engineering, preferably in high-growth, fast-paced environments
- Deep understanding of engineering landscape: credibly speak to backend, frontend, distributed systems, and infrastructure roles
- Experience partnering with technical hiring managers and translating business needs into hiring strategies
- Strong sourcing and market intelligence capabilities; understanding of role scarcity, competitive dynamics, and evolving skill sets
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills applied to recruiting decisions and process design
- Naturally curious with growth mindset; seeks to understand the "why" behind decisions
- Openness to using AI to amplify skills and strengthen work, with sound judgment in responsible AI application
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future employer sponsorship
