Salesforce Platform Engineer

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 Salesforce Platform Engineer at Vanta, you will build the developer experience and deployment foundation that our Salesforce engineering team relies on every day. You'll establish modern CI/CD practices, harden our release pipeline, instrument our platform with observability, feature flags, and get our codebase ready for AI-assisted development workflows. Reporting to the Lead of Salesforce Architecture, you'll own this domain end-to-end during an initial 9–12 month buildout, after which the role evolves into a 50/50 split between continued Platform/DX ownership and traditional Salesforce Engineering. The Business Systems team owns the platforms and infrastructure that GTM teams rely on daily. We build and maintain Salesforce, integration workflows, data pipelines, and automation that help Vanta scale while delivering exceptional customer experiences. As Vanta continues to grow, your work will directly enable that growth by building systems that support increasing complexity and volume. You'll bring deep, hands-on Salesforce Platform Engineering experience — the kind that only comes from having lived inside SF release pipelines, Gearset, sandbox management, and Apex testing in production. You understand the quirks of the SF platform and how it diverges from traditional software platform work. You'll work on challenging problems involving release safety, developer productivity, test data management, and preparing our environment for AI-assisted development workflows. This role balances foundational Platform work upfront with cross-functional collaboration as the team adopts the standards you put in place. What you’ll do as a Salesforce Platform Engineer at Vanta: Design and implement modern CI/CD pipelines for Salesforce using GitHub and Gearset, including branching strategy, automated deployments, and release gating Establish engineering standards across the SF team: peer review, linting, testing frameworks, branch hygiene, and code quality enforcement Implement feature flag infrastructure for safer rollouts and progressive delivery on the Salesforce platform Prepare our repository and tooling for AI-assisted development workflows (harness engineering, evals, automated review) Build and maintain sandbox and scratch org management processes, including automated seeding of representative test data so developers can work productively Instrument observability — logging, monitoring, alerting — across our Salesforce environment so we can detect and diagnose issues quickly After the initial 9–12 month buildout, contribute as a Salesforce engineer building features in Apex, LWC, and Flow alongside continued ownership of the Platform/DX domain Champion Platform Engineering best practices, testing, and release discipline with teammates How to be successful in this role: 5+ years of Salesforce engineering experience, including hands-on Salesforce Platform Engineering in production Hands-on experience with Gearset, Salesforce DX, and Git-based deployment workflows Proven experience defining and enforcing branching strategies, code review standards, and release processes for Salesforce orgs Strong understanding of Apex and LWC testing frameworks, including how to drive test coverage, fast deployments, and reliability at scale Experience managing Salesforce sandboxes or scratch orgs, including refresh strategy and seeding with realistic test data Familiarity with feature flag patterns and progressive delivery on Salesforce Experience implementing observability — logging, monitoring, error tracking — for Salesforce or comparable platforms Working knowledge of Apex, Lightning Web Components, and declarative automation (Flows) — you'll be writing feature code in the 50/50 phase Strong understanding of Salesforce best practices including governor limits, bulkification, and design patterns Strong communication skills with the ability to bring a team along on new standards and practices Curiosity about AI-assisted development and how to make a SF codebase a great place for those workflows Open to using AI to amplify your skills and strengthen your work — demonstrating curiosity, a willingness to learn, and sound judgment in applying AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact Salesforce certifications (Platform Developer I/II) are a plus but not required What you can expect as a Vanta’n: Industry-competitive salary and equity Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% of employee-only benefit premiums covered for most medical plans 16 weeks paid Parental Leave for all new parents Health & wellness stipend Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipend Commuter benefits for team members who report to the SF and NYC office Family planning benefits Matching 401(k) contribution with immediate vesting Flexible PTO policy, plus 80 hours of Sick Time 11 company-paid holidays Virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events! Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, Tel Aviv, and Sydney To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors and may vary based on candidate location, skills, depth of work experience, and relevant licenses/credentials. #LI-remote At Vanta, we are committed to hiring diverse talent of different backgrounds and as such, it is important to us to provide an inclusive work environment for all. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender identity, age, religion, sexual orientation, veteran or disability status, or any other protected class. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage and welcome people of all backgrounds to apply. About Vanta We started in 2018, in the wake of several high-profile data breaches. Online security was only becoming more important, but we knew firsthand how hard it could be for fast-growing companies to invest the time and manpower it takes to build a solid security foundation. Vanta was inspired by a vision to restore trust in internet businesses by enabling companies to improve and prove their security. From our early days automating security monitoring for compliance standards like SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001 to creating the world's leading Trust Management Platform, our vision remains unchanged. Now more than ever, making security continuous—not just a point-in-time check— is essential. Thousands of companies rely on Vanta to build, maintain and demonstrate their trust— all in a way that's real-time and transparent. Referral Instructions If you are being referred for the role, please contact that person to apply on your behalf. Apply To This Job