Staff+ Software Engineer, Agentic Software Security

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.

Responsibilities

Lead initiatives to eliminate classes of vulnerabilities from Verkada, including 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; 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

Requirements

You will write code every day; Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent; 7+ years of experience as a software engineer that has worked on security problems; 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

Nice to have

Masters or PhD in security is a bonus

Benefits

Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet 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; 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; Visa sponsorship