Staff+ Software Engineer, Security Infrastructure

Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, AI-powered platform. A leader in cloud physical security, Verkada helps organizations strengthen safety and efficiency through one connected software platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.

Over 30,000 organizations worldwide, including more than 100+ companies in the Fortune 500, trust Verkada as their physical security layer for easier management, intelligent control, and scalable deployments. Founded in 2016, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices and 2,200+ full-time employees.

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.

• →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

• 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
• Excellent collaborative skills
• Outstanding written and verbal communication
• Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week

• We do sponsor and take over sponsorship of employment visas for this role. If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa.

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