Staff+ Security Engineer, Developer Tools

Verkada; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% healthcare premiums for employees

80% family premiums coverage

Flexible PTO

Wellness/fitness benefits

Healthy lunches provided daily

Job summary

Verkada in San Mateo, CA is seeking a Staff+ Security Engineer to enhance security across software development at the company. You will work with the Developer Experience team, performing security design reviews, threat models, and refining tools essential for secure development practices.

Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's in Computer Science and over 7 years of relevant experience, particularly with AWS and GCP. This role offers a comprehensive benefits package, a salary ranging from $200,000 to $300,000 USD and a committed workplace culture.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a security engineer, software engineer, site reliability engineer, or security consultant.
• Strong experience with AWS, GCP or other cloud service provider.
• Understanding of security weaknesses, exploits, attacks and mitigations.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate security in applications throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Evangelize software security best practices through training.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve Verkada’s product security.

Skills

AWS

GCP

Python

Go

Threat Modeling

Architecture Analysis

Security Code Review

Open Policy Agent

SIEM

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Staff+ Security Engineer, Developer Tools

San Mateo, CA, United States

Who We Are

Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.

We’ve got serious momentum in the market: more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), a $5.8 B valuation, more than $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, Next47 and more. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it.

Today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries, and our platform is making an impact in diverse communities—from retailers using agentic AI to deter theft, to warehouses ensuring proper PPE, to schools enabling real‑time threat responses.

About the Role

We are looking for a security engineering leader to collaborate with the Developer Experience engineering team. As an embedded partner, you will perform threat models, security design reviews, and refine security tools that facilitate security throughout the SDLC. You will define the security roadmap, requirements, and priorities to expand and enhance the tools, AI agents, and systems that empower our software engineers.

What You’ll Do

• Facilitate the security baked into our applications throughout the software development lifecycle
• Evangelize software security best practices through training and information sharing
• Partner closely with engineering and product teams to improve the security of Verkada’s products and exceed customers’ expectations
• Explore innovative solutions to enable Verkada business instead of “Security says No”
• Collaborate with other engineering leaders to define, communicate, and execute on goals, priorities and processes
• Set up security tooling and secure defaults to ensure software security best practices
• Perform architecture analysis, threat modeling and technical design reviews of sensitive features and infrastructure
• Create and operate a bug bounty program
• Triage and recommend solutions for security bugs from tools, third‑party assessments and bug bounties
• 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
• Help your peer engineers grow their own security reasoning and knowledge

What You Bring

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent
• Strong experience with AWS, GCP or other cloud service provider
• 7+ years of experience as a security engineer, software engineer, site reliability engineer, or security consultant
• Understanding of security weaknesses, exploits, attacks and mitigations
• Experience and enthusiasm for learning about new security products, features, and strategies
• Programming skills in Python or Go, and ability to write production code, security peer reviews, proofs of concept or automation scripts
• Experience with the following:
  • Security Development Lifecycle
  • Threat Modeling
  • Architecture Analysis
  • Technical Design Review
  • Security Code Review
  • Open Policy Agent
  • SIEM

Benefits

Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families, offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources.

• Healthcare programs – premiums 100% covered for the employee, 80% for family premiums under all plans
• Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax‑saving options
• Expanded mental health support
• Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
• Paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
• Wellness/fitness benefits
• Healthy lunches provided daily

Annual Pay Range

$200,000 – $300,000 USD (includes base compensation and, if applicable, commissions and bonuses).

Equal Opportunity Statement

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.