Shape Verkada's internal access management architecture as a Staff Software Engineer in a high-growth environment.
Posted by employer 2 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 21 hours ago
Role intensity
40% coding
AI in the day-to-day
Build automation that replaces manual access review and approval workflows, including AI-assisted risk scoring and anomaly detection.
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Visa
- Sponsorship available
Not disclosed in this posting: work arrangement.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Staff Software Engineer will lead the development of Verkada's internal access management platform, focusing on the architecture and infrastructure that governs access across the organization. Key skills include expertise in backend engineering, identity management protocols, and automation of access workflows, particularly in cloud-native environments. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong background in building security platforms from scratch, especially those who thrive in high-growth startup settings. Verkada's commitment to innovation in physical AI makes this a pivotal role within a rapidly scaling company.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 2 months ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Verkada's careers page November 4, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 23% of 81 comparable staff backend roles in United States that list AWS we track (median $205,000 across 41 companies). See AWS salary trends
- AWS appears in 35.4% of 297 comparable staff backend roles in United States; Okta appears in 0.7% of 297 comparable staff backend 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 5 years of relevant experience for this Staff Software Engineer, Identity & Access Management Platform role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Kubernetes, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, Okta, SAML.
- 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, Identity & Access Management Platform role at Verkada.
From the original posting
Who We Are
About the Role
As a Staff Software Engineer on the team, you will shape Verkada's internal access management architecture, define technical strategy, and build the infrastructure used to provision, review, and audit access across the company. From evolving our in-house access platform to setting guardrails for AI-driven and agentic workflows, your technical leadership will directly impact every team at Verkada.
What You'll Do
- Own the technical architecture of Verkada's internal access management platform, the system of record for employee, service, and non-human access across company resources.
- Design, build, and operate highly available, observable backend infrastructure for access provisioning and review, using modern backend languages and cloud-native tooling.
- Extend and harden integrations with identity providers (e.g. Okta) — custom roles, entitlement mapping, and infrastructure-as-code management of identity resources.
- Build automation that replaces manual access review and approval workflows, including AI-assisted risk scoring, anomaly detection, and self-service provisioning.
- Create automated, developer-friendly tools (including chat-based interfaces) that let teams request, approve, and audit access without manual security operations overhead.
- Ensure access controls meet compliance requirements.
- Experience in a high-growth startup environment
What You'll Need
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent
- 5+ years of backend engineering or security platform engineering experience
- Demonstrated experience designing and building access management platforms or identity infrastructure from the ground up, rather than administering third-party tools.
- Strong understanding of identity primitives, least-privilege access, and protocols such as OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, or SCIM.
- Experience implementing role-based, policy-based, or attribute-based access control models.
- Experience replacing manual operational workflows with automation, ideally including AI or LLM-driven tooling.
- Experience operating high-availability infrastructure in cloud-native environments (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Bonus Points
- Experience with Okta administration and Okta APIs at scale.
- Experience building Slack-based or chat-ops tooling for internal workflows.
- Prior experience in a regulated or compliance-heavy environment (FedRAMP, SOC 2, ISO 27001).
- 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
- 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
Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer
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