Senior GRC Engineer

Senior GRC Engineer

Lantern is seeking a Senior GRC Engineer to join our team as a key individual contributor. This role is built specifically for someone who builds compliance infrastructure, not just manages it. You will report to the Sr. GRC Manager and work at the intersection of security engineering, AI governance, and healthcare compliance across our benefits platform.

Location

Hybrid – at least 3 days per week in our Dallas, TX offices

About You

• LOGIC in your decision making and understand that progress is critical to making change. You focus on the execution of your content while balancing a fast‑paced environment and you take the time to celebrate both the small and big wins.
• INCLUSION is a core tenant of your personal beliefs. A diverse and inclusive environment is incredibly important to you. You understand and desire to be a part of a diverse team with different experiences and perspectives and you cherish the differences in each individual that you interact with.
• You have the GRIT , drive and ambition to tackle big problems. Big problems require big ideas and a team that supports new ideas.
• You care deeply for your customers and are driven to keep HUMANITY in all decisions. Your customers aren’t just the individuals using your product. They are the driving factor in your motivation to make a change.
• Integrity guides you in life. Focusing on the TRUTH vs. giving people the answers they want to hear.
• You thrive in a Team Environment. Collaboration is key in innovation and creating change.

Responsibilities

Compliance Automation & Evidence Engineering

• Write scripts (Python, SQL, APIs) to pull evidence directly from source systems (AWS, Azure, IAM platforms, endpoint agents, CI/CD pipelines), eliminating manual evidence collection.
• Build and maintain continuous control monitoring workflows integrated into engineering pipelines, not just GRC platforms.
• Design compliance‑as‑code and policy‑as‑code approaches; own the technical architecture of how controls are tested automatically.
• Operate and extend the GRC platform (ServiceNow GRC, Drata, OneTrust, or equivalent) as an engineer, not just a user, including building integrations and automating evidence routing.

AI Governance

• Build and maintain Lantern’s AI risk register and AI systems inventory, including pre‑deployment risk assessments for new AI use cases across our benefits platform in partnership with Engineering and Product.
• Implement AI governance controls aligned to the NIST AI RMF, covering model risk, bias, transparency, and accountability, with a bias toward automated monitoring over manual review.
• Monitor HHS AI policy, EU AI Act, and state‑level regulation; translate emerging requirements into actionable, automatable controls.
• Govern AI systems used within the GRC function itself, including any LLM‑powered evidence analysis or control monitoring tools.

Healthcare Compliance

• Own the HIPAA Privacy and Security compliance program: risk assessments, remediation tracking, workforce training coordination, and ongoing monitoring.
• Support HITRUST CSF certification and SOC 2 Type II audit cycles as a technical contributor, building automated evidence pipelines rather than collecting evidence manually.
• Map the control environment against NIST CSF; identify gaps and build a prioritized, automatable remediation roadmap.

Risk & Vendor Management

• Build and maintain the enterprise risk register with automated KRI tracking and outcome‑based reporting for leadership.
• Run the third‑party risk management (TPRM) program with a continuous monitoring posture: automated vendor monitoring rather than point‑in‑time assessments.
• Conduct vendor risk assessments with emphasis on cloud vendors handling PHI and AI/ML vendors embedding models into products we purchase.

Requirements

• 5+ years in GRC, information security, or compliance engineering, with at least 3 years in healthcare or health‑tech.
• Demonstrated ability to write code that extracts evidence directly from systems (Azure, IAM, endpoints, APIs), not just configure workflow tools.
• Has built something using an LLM or AI framework: a working tool, even a prototype.
• Thinks like an engineer first: sees a manual compliance process and asks how to eliminate it, not how to document it better.

Technical Skills

• Experience with continuous control monitoring, integrating compliance checks into CI/CD or cloud infrastructure.
• Working knowledge of Python, SQL, or equivalent for data extraction, risk scoring, and compliance automation.
• Experience with cloud security controls in Azure.

Certifications (Preferred)

• CISA, CRISC, CISM, or CISSP.
• HITRUST CCSFP – a strong plus.

Strong Candidates Will

• Build systems, not checklists. Manual processes are temporary; automation is the goal.
• Move with urgency and precision, flagging risk before it becomes an issue.
• Balance rigor with pragmatism, enabling the organization to move fast while staying protected.
• Communicate clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences without losing nuance.
• Bring genuine curiosity about AI. Follow the space and have formed opinions.
• Embody Lantern’s LIGHT pillars (Logic, Inclusion, Grit, Humanity, Truth) in every interaction.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• 401k with company match
• Flexible Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave

Lantern does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in the provision of employment opportunities and benefits.