Join Verkada as a Staff+ Software Engineer to enhance security practices through automation and collaboration across engineering teams.
Posted by employer 1 month ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Role intensity
60% hands-on coding
AI in the day-to-day
Leverage AI to automate Verkada’s security engineering practices.
Requirements
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Visa
- Sponsorship available
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Staff+ Software Engineer at Verkada focuses on enhancing security throughout the software development lifecycle by creating automation tools and frameworks. The position requires extensive coding experience, particularly in security-related projects, and familiarity with AI technologies. Ideal candidates will have over seven years of software engineering experience, with a strong interest in security vulnerabilities and mitigations. Verkada's dynamic environment emphasizes collaboration across teams, making it suitable for seasoned professionals looking to make a significant impact.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Verkada's careers page October 27, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Security roles (median ~$170,000).
- Starts above 60% of 10 comparable staff security roles in United States that list security we track (median $191,900 across 7 companies). See security salary trends
- security appears in 12.1% of 132 comparable staff security roles in United States; AI appears in 9.8% of 132 comparable staff security roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Staff+ Software Engineer, Agentic Software Security role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in San Mateo, CA United States.
- What's the salary range?
- Verkada lists $200,000–$300,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 7 years of relevant experience for this Staff+ Software Engineer, Agentic Software Security role.
- Where is the role based?
- Verkada is hiring for this position in San Mateo, CA United States.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI, security.
- 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+ Software Engineer, Agentic Software Security role at Verkada.
From the original posting
Who We Are
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
- 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
What You Bring
- 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
- 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
Annual Pay Range
Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer
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