Staff+ Software Engineer, Security Infrastructure

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

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare programs

Mental health support

Flexible PTO

Fertility benefits

Daily healthy lunches

Job summary

Verkada, based in San Mateo, CA, is looking for a Staff+ Software Engineer, Security Infrastructure to strengthen their security protocols. You will lead initiatives to eliminate vulnerabilities and build tools to integrate security into the software development life cycle (SDLC).

Applicants should have a Bachelor's in Computer Science and 7+ years of experience, particularly focusing on security issues. A competitive salary range of $200,000 – $300,000 USD per year is offered along with comprehensive employee benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent.
• 7+ years of experience as a software engineer working on security.
• Interest in security vulnerabilities and mitigations.

Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives to eliminate vulnerabilities from Verkada.
• Build security tools for other software engineers.
• Automate security engineering practices using AI.

Skills

Software Engineering

Security Practices

AI Automation

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Masters or PhD in Security

Job description

Staff+ Software Engineer, Security Infrastructure

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 31,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), a $5.8B valuation, more than $1 billion in annualized revenue, 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.

You can look at all kinds of communities to see our platform’s impact in the world. It's the retailer that uses our agentic AI to deter theft before it happens. The warehouse that uses AI-powered alerts to make sure its team is protected on the floor with proper PPE. The school that’s alerted to a threat in real-time and triggers a lockdown in seconds, not minutes. We’re rapidly scaling this impact: today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries.

About the Role

The Verkada Security Team is a software engineering team at its core—we build the right way to do software security. In this role, you will scale Verkada’s security in the SDLC through automation, libraries, tools and frameworks. The role’s broad scope means you will be writing code in a variety of technology stacks and collaborating with engineering teams across Verkada’s Command platform.

What You’ll Do

• As a Verkada Builder, you will have a broad scope of ownership and will lead initiatives to eliminate classes of vulnerabilities from Verkada. This includes wearing a PM hat when needed, building experiments and prototypes, driving adoption of your tools, and demonstrating your impact on the organization.
• Build tools to make it easy for Verkada’s software engineers to do the right thing for security as they build products and infrastructure.
• Leverage AI to automate Verkada’s security engineering practices.
• Collaborate with other engineering leaders to define, communicate, and execute on security goals, priorities and process.
• Collaborate with the CISO and security team to grow the broader Verkada security and privacy programs.
• Share your security experience with other teams internally and externally via security conferences, presentations, blogs and open source.

What You Bring

• You will write code every day.
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent.
• Masters or PhD in security is a bonus.
• 7+ years of experience as a software engineer that has worked on security problems.
• You can just break things—interest in security weaknesses, attacks, and mitigations.
• Experience leveraging AI as you build.
• Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week.

US Employee Benefits

• 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, firm‑wide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time.
• Fertility stipend.
• Wellness/fitness benefits.
• Healthy lunches provided daily.

Annual Pay Range

$200,000 – $300,000 USD

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We are 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.