Engineering Manager, App Primitives
Vanta · Remote · Remote U.S. ·
COMPENSATION
$224k – $263k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Fully remote
- Engineering Manager
- Platform infrastructure
- Full-stack leadership
- US-based pay range
The App Primitives team at Vanta owns the shared building blocks spanning data structures to UI, including comments, notifications, event logs, and feature flags. As Engineering Manager, you will lead the team responsible for this infrastructure layer, ensuring product teams can build on top of it quickly and safely.
You will sit at the intersection of technical architecture and team development, setting direction for a full-stack group. The role requires managing hiring, team health, and delivery while partnering with other engineering leaders to remove friction and unlock scale.
What you'll do
- Lead hiring, team health, and development of senior engineers and technical leads
- Own strategy and roadmap for shared primitives like notifications and feature flags
- Define interface models between App Primitives systems and product teams
- Partner with engineering leaders to identify friction and prioritize investments
- Set technical direction for full-stack work across data models and UI
- Manage cross-team dependencies and stakeholder expectations with autonomy
What you'll need
- 5+ years engineering experience with 2+ years managing teams
- Track record of developing senior engineers and technical leads
- Experience leading platform or shared services infrastructure teams
- Technical fluency across full stack, backend systems, and API design
- Strong collaborator able to define ownership boundaries with product and design
- Experience hiring senior engineers in competitive markets
- Uses AI in daily work to amplify skills and ensure high quality outcomes
Stack
- Statsig
How you'll work
- Fully remote position
- Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, Tel Aviv, and Sydney
- Base pay ranges shared for US-based postings
What you get
- Industry-competitive salary and equity
- 100% coverage for employee-only medical premiums
- 16 weeks paid parental leave for all new parents
- Health, wellness, remote workspace, and internet stipends
- Matching 401(k) contribution with immediate vesting
- Flexible PTO policy plus 80 hours of sick time
- 11 company-paid holidays