Verkada

AI-powered platform

Staff+SoftwareEngineer,SecurityInfrastructure

$200–300k San Mateo, California, United States
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Staff+ Software Engineer, Security Infrastructure at Verkada. Skills: Security Infrastructure, AI, Automation. Scale Verkada’s security in the SDLC. Write code in a variety of technology stacks”

What You'll Achieve.

Eliminate classes of vulnerabilities from Verkada; Demonstrate impact on the organization

Industry & Context.

AI powered platform
Problems you'll solve

Interest in security weaknesses, attacks, and mitigations

Eligibility Requirements

Willing and able to work onsite five days per week, Visa sponsorship available

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent, 7+ years of experience as a software engineer that has worked on security problems, Interest in security weaknesses, attacks, and mitigations, Experience leveraging AI as you build, Excellent collaborative skills, Outstanding written and verbal communication, Willing and able to work onsite five days per week

Nice to Have

Masters or PhD in security is a bonus

What You'll Do.

Scale Verkada’s security in the SDLC

Write code in a variety of technology stacks

Collaborate with engineering teams

Lead initiatives to eliminate vulnerabilities

Build tools for security

Leverage AI to automate security

Define security goals

Communicate security goals

Execute on security goals

Grow security programs

Grow privacy programs

Share security experience

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborating with engineering teams across Verkada’s Command platform; Collaborate with other engineering leaders; Collaborate with the CISO and security team; Share your security experience with other teams internally and externally

Communication Scope

Outstanding written and verbal communication

Process & Methodology

Wearing a PM hat when needed, Driving adoption of your tools

Full Job Description

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 Leve

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