Embedded Linux Security Engineer

Verkada; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare programs

Paid parental leave policy

Flexible PTO

Professional development stipend

Wellness/fitness benefits

Healthy lunches provided daily

Job summary

Verkada is seeking an Embedded Security Engineer in San Mateo, California. You'll work on securing innovative physical security products as part of a dedicated team. Responsibilities include defining security requirements, building security tools, and collaborating with product teams. A Bachelor’s degree and over 8 years of relevant experience are required. Verkada offers comprehensive wellness perks, including healthcare, paid parental leave, professional development stipends, and more. Join us in redefining safety and efficiency for organizations worldwide.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a security engineer, software engineer, or security consultant.
• Familiarity with security weaknesses, exploits, attacks, and mitigations.
• Deep knowledge of Linux-based operating system internals and network protocols.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive security requirements for hardware and firmware.
• Build security tooling to ensure secure development best practices.
• Perform red team/offensive assessments against firmware and devices.
• Collaborate with the security team to grow the broader Verkada security program.

Skills

Security weaknesses

Communication skills

Linux-based systems

Cryptography knowledge

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Who We Are

Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, AI-powered platform. A leader in cloud physical security, Verkada helps organizations strengthen safety and efficiency through one connected software platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management. Over 30,000 organizations worldwide, including more than 100 companies in the Fortune 500, trust Verkada as their physical security layer for easier management, intelligent control, and scalable deployments. Founded in 2016, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices and 2,200+ full-time employees.

About the role

As an embedded security engineer on the Device Security Team, you'll work with an amazing team of security, firmware, and backend engineers entrusted with the mission of protecting our fleet of physical security products from threats. You'll help define the security & privacy roadmap for Verkada's devices, build tooling and software to measure & improve security posture, and partner closely with product teams to bake secure‑by‑design principles into our products.

What You'll Do

• Develop & drive security requirements for the hardware and firmware that goes onto the devices we ship to our customers to improve the security of Verkada's products and exceed customer expectations.
• Build security tooling to ensure secure development best practices.
• Perform red team/offensive assessments against firmware & devices.
• Triage and recommend solutions for security bugs from tools, third‑party assessments and bug bounties.
• Develop threat models & attack trees, and participate in security design & code reviews.
• Explore innovative solutions to enable Verkada business instead of “Security says No”.
• Collaborate with the CISO and security team to grow the broader Verkada security program.
• Share your security experience with other teams internally and externally via security conferences and blogs, and help your peer engineers grow their own security reasoning.

What You Bring

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent.
• 8+ years of experience as a security engineer, software engineer, or security consultant.
• Familiarity with security weaknesses, exploits, attacks and mitigations.
• Excellent written & verbal communication & collaborative skills.
• Deep knowledge of Linux‑based operating system internals & network protocols.
• Knowledge of hardware security features such as secure boot, TrustZone, disk encryption, or mandatory access control.
• Working cryptography knowledge around primitives, protocols and applications.

US Employee Benefits

Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:

• Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well‑being needs – Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans
• Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
• Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
• Expanded mental health support
• Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
• Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
• Professional development stipend
• Fertility Stipend
• Wellness/fitness benefits
• Healthy lunches provided daily
• Commuter benefits

Additional Information

• We do sponsor and take over sponsorship of employment visas for this role. If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa.

Annual Pay Range

At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs).

Estimated Annual Pay Range: $130,000 – $280,000 USD.

Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

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