Staff Software Engineer - Detection and Response Platform

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

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage with 100% premium coverage

Paid parental leave

Professional development stipend

Wellness and fitness benefits

Daily healthy lunches

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Verkada is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for its Detection and Response Platform in San Mateo, California. The role involves building and operating security monitoring infrastructure, onboarding systems to SIEM, and automating incident response workflows.

The ideal candidate will have 7-10 years of experience in software engineering or security, with skills in Golang or Python, and a passion for security. This position offers a competitive salary between $200,000 and $300,000.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of experience as a software engineer, security engineer, site reliability engineer, or security consultant.
• Experience building robust and scalable products in public clouds (we use AWS).
• Familiarity with continuous integration and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Experience designing and optimizing high-throughput ETL pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Build, operate and improve Verkada’s Security Monitoring, Detection and Response infrastructure.
• Onboard new systems and services to our SIEM.
• Tune alerts to maintain high signal.
• Automate data enrichment and incident response workflows.
• Facilitate incident response processes and tabletop exercises.
• Collaborate with the CISO and security team to grow the broader Verkada security program.
• Share your security experience with other teams and the external community via conferences and blogs.
• Help your peer engineers develop their security reasoning and knowledge.

Skills

Software engineering

Security engineering

Site reliability engineering

Golang

Python

AWS

Infrastructure-as-Code

ETL pipelines

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Staff Software Engineer - Detection and Response Platform

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

We serve over 31,000 customers, including 100+ of the Fortune 500, and have a $5.8B valuation with over $1B in annual revenue. Our platform powers retail theft prevention, warehouse safety, and real‑time threat detection in schools across 170+ countries.

About the Role

Behind the scenes, we are a team of computer scientists, hardware engineers and founders focused on building secure, privacy‑respecting products. This role involves building and operating Verkada’s Security Monitoring, Detection and Response infrastructure.

What You’ll Do

• Build, operate and improve Verkada’s Security Monitoring, Detection and Response infrastructure.
• Onboard new systems and services to our SIEM.
• Tune alerts to maintain high signal.
• Automate data enrichment and incident response workflows.
• Facilitate incident response processes and tabletop exercises.
• Collaborate with the CISO and security team to grow the broader Verkada security program.
• Share your security experience with other teams and the external community via conferences and blogs.
• Help your peer engineers develop their security reasoning and knowledge.

What You Bring

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (or equivalent).
• 7‑10+ years of experience as a software engineer, security engineer, site reliability engineer, or security consultant.
• Experience building robust and scalable products in public clouds (we use AWS).
• Proficiency in programming in Golang or Python.
• Familiarity with continuous integration and Infrastructure‑as‑Code.
• Experience designing and optimizing high‑throughput ETL pipelines.
• Passion for learning about new security products, features, and strategies.
• Excellent collaborative, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week.

US Employee Benefits

• Healthcare coverage with 100% employee premium coverage and 80% family coverage.
• Nationwide medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• Expanded mental health support.
• Paid parental leave and fertility benefits.
• Paid holidays, flexible PTO, and personal sick time.
• Professional development stipend.
• Wellness and fitness benefits.
• Daily healthy lunches.
• Commuter benefits.

Additional Information

• We sponsor and take responsibility for employment visas for this role.

Annual Pay Range

Estimated annual on‑target earnings: $200,000 — $300,000 USD.

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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