Security Engineer, Developer Tools

Staff+ Security Engineer, Developer Tools

San Mateo, CA, United States

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 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), a $5.8 B valuation, more than $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, Next
47 and more. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it.

Today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries, and our platform is making an impact in diverse communities—from retailers using agentic AI to deter theft, to warehouses ensuring proper PPE, to schools enabling real‑time threat responses.

We are looking for a security engineering leader to collaborate with the Developer Experience engineering team. As an embedded partner, you will perform threat models, security design reviews, and refine security tools that facilitate security throughout the SDLC. You will define the security roadmap, requirements, and priorities to expand and enhance the tools, AI agents, and systems that empower our software engineers.

• Facilitate the security baked into our applications throughout the software development lifecycle
• Evangelize software security best practices through training and information sharing
• Partner closely with engineering and product teams to improve the security of Verkada’s products and exceed customers’ expectations
• Explore innovative solutions to enable Verkada business instead of “Security says No”
• Collaborate with other engineering leaders to define, communicate, and execute on goals, priorities and processes
• Set up security tooling and secure defaults to ensure software security best practices
• Perform architecture analysis, threat modeling and technical design reviews of sensitive features and infrastructure
• Create and operate a bug bounty program
• Triage and recommend solutions for security bugs from tools, third‑party assessments and bug bounties
• Collaborate with the CISO and security team to grow the broader Verkada security program
• Share your security experience with other teams internally and externally via security conferences and blogs
• Help your peer engineers grow their own security reasoning and knowledge

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent
• Strong experience with AWS, GCP or other cloud service provider
• 7+ years of experience as a security engineer, software engineer, site reliability engineer, or security consultant
• Understanding of security weaknesses, exploits, attacks and mitigations
• Experience and enthusiasm for learning about new security products, features, and strategies
• Programming skills in Python or Go, and ability to write production code, security peer reviews, proofs of concept or automation scripts
• Experience with the following:
  • Security Development Lifecycle
  • Threat Modeling
  • Architecture Analysis
  • Technical Design Review
  • Security Code Review
  • Open Policy Agent
  • SIEM

Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families, offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources.

• Healthcare programs – premiums 100% covered for the employee, 80% for family premiums under all plans
• Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
• Health Savings Account (HSA) 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
• Wellness/fitness benefits
• Healthy lunches provided daily

$200,000 – $300,000 USD (includes base compensation and, if applicable, commissions and bonuses).

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.