Staff Software Engineer - Detection and Response Platform

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).

Responsibilities

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

Requirements

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

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