Staff Software Engineer - Data Protection

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. With more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), a $5.8B valuation, over $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from top-tier investors, Verkada is at the center of the Physical AI revolution.

About The Role

The Verkada Security Team is an engineering team at its core, building frameworks, tools, and platform services for security and privacy controls. In this role, you'll develop distributed systems capable of handling high traffic, apply your cryptography skills, and launch new services that protect customers and personal data. You'll work across various technology stacks, collaborating with engineering teams to embed security and privacy into Verkada's infrastructure, applications, and devices.

Responsibilities

• Develop security and privacy infrastructure, including services that seamlessly incorporate security into our infrastructure, applications, and devices.
• Architect systems designed to manage escalating data volumes as Verkada expands, 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, 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.
• Work on projects such as end-to-end encryption and data encryption (both at rest and in use) to safeguard customer data.

Requirements

• 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 a desire to write code every day.
• Strong experience with AWS, GCP, or other cloud service providers.
• Experience and enthusiasm for learning about new security & privacy products, features, and strategies.
• Excellent collaborative skills and outstanding written and verbal communication.
• Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week.

Benefits

• Healthcare programs tailored to personal health and financial well-being, with premiums 100% covered for employees and 80% for family premiums under all plans.
• Nationwide medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Health Savings 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.
• 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.

Verkada sponsors and takes over sponsorship of employment visas for this role. If an offer is made, we will make every reasonable effort to secure a visa.

Pay

Annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees: $200,000—$300,000 USD, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable). Additional compensation may include sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs).