Staff Security Engineer, Developer Tools Innovator

Verkada

San Mateo (CA)

On-site

USD 200,000 - 300,000

Full time

14 days+
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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

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.

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