Vanta

Technology

SeniorAIGRCEngineer

$178–209k United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Senior AI GRC Engineer at Vanta. Skills: AI Governance, GRC Engineering, Compliance Frameworks. Drive Vanta’s internal AI governance programs. Evaluate new frameworks for adoption”

What You'll Achieve.

Maximize productivity; Maximize velocity; Balance risk mitigation; Balance compliance; Balance productivity

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Risk assessment; Risk mitigation; Systems & design thinking; Threat-informed GRC

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years experience using AI agents, Experience using code and web APIs, Expertise in modern cloud-native web application development, Expertise in AI governance frameworks, Experience with compliance programs, Experience putting GRC Engineering principles into practice

Nice to Have

Experience with Anthropic products, Experience with OpenAI products, Experience with LangChain products, Experience with Cursor, Experience with TypeScript, Experience with Go, Experience with Python, Experience with AWS, Experience with containerized workloads, Experience with serverless architectures, Experience with frontier AI platforms, Experience with ISO 42001, Experience with AIUC-1, Experience with EU AI Act, Experience with NIST AI RMF, Experience with UK AI Safety Framework, Experience with SOC 2, Experience with ISO 27001/17/18, Experience with ISO 27701, Experience with GDPR, Experience with control monitoring automation, Experience with systems & design thinking, Experience with threat-informed GRC

What You'll Do.

Drive Vanta’s internal AI governance programs

Evaluate new frameworks for adoption

Lead AI Team in researching guardrails

Implement AI guardrails

Monitor AI guardrails

Balance risk mitigation

Ensure AI governance is baked into programs

Ensure risk management is baked into programs

Ensure compliance is baked into programs

Ensure AI governance is baked into projects

Ensure risk management is baked into projects

Ensure compliance is baked into projects

Ensure AI governance is baked into SDLCs

Ensure risk management is baked into SDLCs

Ensure compliance is baked into SDLCs

Champion sustainable AI usage

Be an early adopter of AI tools

Be an expert user of AI tools

Share best practices for AI adoption

Share use cases for AI adoption

Foster responsible AI adoption

Streamline GRC programs

Build agentic AI automation

Build deterministic automation

Evangelize AI best practices

Evangelize GRC Engineering best practices

Share GRC Engineering solutions

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; GRC Engineering; Corporate Engineering; Product Engineering; Security Engineering; EPD organization

Communication Scope

Thought leadership; Blog posts; Social media; Virtual events; In-person events

Process & Methodology

SDLCs

Full Job Description

At Vanta, our mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust. We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously, and we empower companies to practice better security and prove it with ease. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it.  As a Senior AI GRC Engineer at Vanta, you’ll own and lead governance, risk, and compliance initiatives related to Vanta’s internal AI adoption and customer-facing AI products. You’ll apply deep expertise about AI governance and compliance frameworks and partner closely with various engineering teams (Security, Product, Corporate) to build and monitor scalable guardrails that sustainably and responsibly maximize our productivity and velocity. You’ll incorporate GRC Engineering principles, values, and best practices https://grc.engineering every step of the way and help us become the leader in GRC Engineering. Vanta’s GRC Engineering team enables Vanta’ns to make smart risk decisions so we can reliably achieve our objectives, operate with integrity, and bolster customer trust. We treat our internal GRC program as a product that serves our internal and external customers’ needs. We are also Customer Zero of Vanta’s platform and work closely with our GRC SME team and Engineering/Product/Design (EPD) organization to help improve our products. What you’ll do as a Senior AI GRC Engineer at Vanta: - Drive Vanta’s internal AI governance programs (e.g., ISO 42001) while also evaluating new frameworks for Vanta to adopt - Lead our cross-functional Hardening Enterprise AI Team (GRC Engineering, Corporate Engineering, Product Engineering, Security Engineering) in researching, implementing, and continuously monitoring scalable & compliant AI guardrails that optimally balance risk mitigation, compliance, and productivity - Partner closely with the rest of GRC Engineering and other Vanta’ns to ensure AI governance, risk management, and compli

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