Joblaze summary

In this role, the Staff Backend Engineer for Device Security at Verkada focuses on developing and maintaining security infrastructure to protect the company's physical security products. Key skills include expertise in Go and Python microservices, AWS, and a solid understanding of scalable backend systems. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with over eight years of experience, particularly those with a background in security or IoT device management. Verkada's device security team plays a crucial role in enhancing the safety and resilience of its innovative security solutions.

Joblaze insights

Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Verkada's careers page October 31, 2026.
Salary band is above the typical range for Security roles (median ~$170,000).
Starts above 28% of 53 comparable staff security roles in United States that list Python we track (median $210,000 across 29 companies). See Python salary trends
Python appears in 47% of 134 comparable staff security roles in United States; Redis appears in 0.7% of 134 comparable staff security roles in United States.

Quick facts

What's the salary range?: Verkada lists $200,000–$300,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?: At least 8 years of relevant experience for this Staff Backend Engineer - Device Security role.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Docker, DynamoDB, Go, IAM, Kubernetes.
Does Verkada sponsor work visas for this role?: Yes — the posting indicates visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.
What seniority level is this role?: Verkada targets staff-level candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Staff Backend Engineer - Device Security role at Verkada.

From the original posting

Who We Are

About the Role

Verkada’s device security team has an important mission–empower the company to build the safest physical security products in the world. We are directly responsible for the development of important defensive security measures that run on all Verkada devices. We help maintain and expand security testing infrastructure that constantly evaluates devices for security vulnerabilities. And we help the company build stronger and more resilient products through our offensive security evaluation efforts. If you love building scalable systems that have a huge impact, we want to hear from you!

What You'll Do

Build out and maintain security infrastructure, such as internal tooling to automate device security testing.
Design, build, maintain, and scale device security backend systems & tools, such as those that help us secure the firmware supply chain.
Develop, improve, and build automation to administer the device security program.
Help mentor other engineers, and learn everything you can about security.

What You Bring

BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
8+ years developing go/Python microservices with AWS and participating in on-call.
Strong knowledge of scalable fault-tolerant backend systems design, including databases, queues, blob storage.
Working knowledge of at least some of these: temporal, k8s, docker, redis, dynamoDB, postgres, IAM, S3.
Strong understanding and experience in systems architecture.
Experience with managing IoT device fleets. (preferred)
Security experience, hacker mindset, or interest in learning more (preferred)

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, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
Professional development stipend
Fertility Stipend
Wellness/fitness benefits
Healthy lunches provided daily
Commuter benefits

Additional Information:

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.

Annual Pay Range

Estimated Annual Pay Range

$200,000—$300,000 USD

Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

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Staff Backend Engineer - Device Security