Joblaze summary

In this role, the Staff Software Engineer will focus on enhancing Verkada's Security Monitoring, Detection, and Response infrastructure, ensuring efficient incident response and alert tuning. Key skills include proficiency in Golang or Python, experience with AWS, and a strong background in building scalable systems. This position is ideal for seasoned professionals with 7-10 years of experience in software or security engineering, who are eager to collaborate and share their expertise within a dynamic team. Verkada's commitment to responsible technology use and data privacy underscores the importance of this role.

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; AWS appears in 37.3% of 134 comparable staff security roles in United States.

Quick facts

Is the Staff Software Engineer - Detection and Response Platform 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?: 7–10 years of relevant experience for this Staff Software Engineer - Detection and Response Platform 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: AWS, Golang, Python.
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 - Detection and Response Platform role at Verkada.

From the original posting

Who We Are

About the Role

Behind the scenes, we’re a team of computer scientists, hardware engineers and experienced founders who saw a chance to make a real impact. We’re united by the challenge of building beautiful products, designed for real people—and by our commitment to using technology responsibly. We believe keeping data private and secure is core to our safety as individuals, businesses and communities and we put great care into building systems that embody our values as people. Likewise, many of Silicon Valley’s top investors believe in us: we’re backed by Sequoia Capital, FirstRound, Meritech and Siemens (Next47).

What You'll Do

Build, operate and improve Verkada’s Security Monitoring, Detection and Response infrastructure
Onboard new systems and services to our SIEM
Tune alerts to maintain high signal
Automate data enrichment and incident response workflows
Facilitate incident response processes and tabletop exercises
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

What You Bring

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent
7-10+ years of experience as a software engineer, security engineer, site reliability engineer, or security consultant.
Experience building robust and scalable products in public clouds (we use AWS)
Proficiency in programming in Golang or Python
Familiarity in continuous integration and Infrastructure as Code
Experience designing, and optimizing high throughput ETL pipelines
Experience and enthusiasm for learning about new security products, features, and strategies
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

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 Software Engineer - Detection and Response Platform