Staff Software Engineer - Data Protection

Verkada • San Mateo, CA

158d • $200,000 - $300,000

About The Position

The Verkada Security Team is an engineering team at its core. Part of its charter is to build frameworks, tools, and platform services for security and privacy controls. In this role, you'll build distributed systems capable of handling high traffic, apply your cryptography skills, and launch new services that protect customers and personal data. The broad scope of the role will have you coding in various technology stacks, and collaborating with Verkada's engineering teams, always with a focus on security and privacy.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent.
• 8+ years of experience as a software engineer or security engineer that writes code.
• Demonstrable coding skills and desire to write code every day.
• Strong experience with AWS, GCP, or other cloud service provider.
• Experience and enthusiasm for learning about new security & privacy products, features, and strategies.
• Excellent collaborative skills.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication.
• Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week.

Responsibilities

• Develop security and privacy infrastructure, including services that seamlessly incorporate security into our infrastructure, applications, and devices.
• Architect systems designed to effectively manage escalating data volumes as Verkada expands, all without compromising performance or security.
• Mentor and foster the development of junior engineers.
• Work closely with engineering and product teams to enhance Verkada's product security, thereby exceeding customer expectations.
• Collaborate with other engineering leaders to define, communicate, and implement goals, priorities, and processes.
• Collaborate with the CISO and security team to expand Verkada's wider security and privacy programs.
• Share your security expertise internally and externally via security conferences, presentations, blogs, and open-source contributions.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree