Staff Software Engineer -Security and Privacy

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

Job summary

Verkada is seeking a talented Staff Software Engineer for their Security and Privacy team. This pivotal role involves developing security infrastructure, coding in various tech stacks, and collaborating across teams to ensure high security standards while mentoring junior engineers. As a leader in cloud-based physical security, Verkada offers a robust workplace environment and benefits, with a competitive salary range to attract top talent.

Benefits

Comprehensive healthcare programs

Flexible PTO and paid holidays

Professional development stipend

Healthy lunches provided daily

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a software engineer or security engineer.
• Strong coding skills and a desire to write code regularly.
• Experience and enthusiasm for security & privacy products.

Responsibilities

• Develop security and privacy infrastructure.
• Architect systems for escalating data volumes.
• Mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

AWS

GCP

Cryptography

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

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Who We Are

Verkada is a leader in cloud-based B2B physical security. Verkada offers six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace and intercoms — integrated with a single cloud-based software platform.

Who We Are

Verkada is a leader in cloud-based B2B physical security. Verkada offers six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace and intercoms — integrated with a single cloud-based software platform.

Designed with simplicity and scalability in mind, Verkada gives organizations the real-time insight to know what could impact the safety and comfort of people throughout their physical environment, while empowering them to take immediate action to minimize security risks, workplace frustrations and costly inefficiencies.

Founded in 2016, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices across three continents, 2,100+ full-time employees and 30,000+ customers across 70+ countries.

Overview

The Verkada Security Team is an engineering team at its core. Part of its charter is to build frameworks, tools, and platform services for security and privacy controls. In this role, you'll build distributed systems capable of handling high traffic, apply your cryptography skills, and launch new services that protect customers and personal data. The broad scope of the role will have you coding in various technology stacks, and collaborating with Verkada's engineering teams, always with a focus on security and privacy.

Responsibilities

• Develop security and privacy infrastructure, including services that seamlessly incorporate security into our infrastructure, applications, and devices.
• Architect systems designed to effectively manage escalating data volumes as Verkada expands, all without compromising performance or security.
• Mentor and foster the development of junior engineers.
• Work closely with engineering and product teams to enhance Verkada’s product security, thereby exceeding customer expectations.
• Collaborate with other engineering leaders to define, communicate, and implement goals, priorities, and processes.
• Collaborate with the CISO and security team to expand Verkada's wider security and privacy programs.
• Share your security expertise internally and externally via security conferences, presentations, blogs, and open-source contributions.
• You'll work on projects such as end-to-end encryption and data encryption (both at rest and in use), all aimed at safeguarding customer data.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent
• 8+ years of experience as a software engineer or security engineer that writes code
• Demonstrable coding skills and desire to write code every day
• Strong experience with AWS, GCP, or other cloud service provider
• Experience and enthusiasm for learning about new security & privacy products, features, and strategies
• Excellent collaborative skills
• Outstanding written and verbal communication
  
  

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
  
  

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)

Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).

Estimated Annual Pay Range

$200,000—$300,000 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.

Your application will be handled in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Policy.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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