Verkada · 2 days ago
Staff+ Product Security Engineer
San Mateo, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$200K/yr - $300K/yr
7+ years expVerkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, AI-powered platform. The Staff+ Product Security Engineer will facilitate security throughout the software development lifecycle and collaborate with engineering and product teams to enhance the security of Verkada’s products.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Enterprise SoftwareInternet of ThingsPhysical SecuritySmart Building
Responsibilities
Facilitate the security baked into our applications throughout the software development lifecycle
Evangelize software security best practices through training and information sharing
Partner closely with engineering and product teams to improve the security of Verkada’s products and exceed customers’ expectations
Explore innovative solutions to enable Verkada business instead of “Security says No”
Collaborate with other engineering leaders to define, communicate, and execute on goals, priorities and process
Set up security tooling and secure defaults to ensure software security best practices
Perform architecture analysis, threat modeling and technical design reviews of sensitive features and infrastructure
Create and operate a bug bounty program
Triage and recommend solutions for security bugs from tools, third party assessments and bug bounties
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
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent
Strong experience with AWS, GCP or other cloud service provider
7 - 10+ years of experience as a security engineer, software engineer, site reliability engineer, or security consultant
Understanding of security weaknesses, exploits, attacks and mitigations
Experience and enthusiasm for learning about new security products, features, and strategies
Coding ability. You will sometimes write production Python/Go code, security peer review code, build proofs of concept or implement automation scripts
Excellent collaborative skills
Outstanding written and verbal communication
Experience with most of the following: Security Development Lifecycle, Threat Modeling, Architecture Analysis, Technical Design Review, Security Code Review, Open Policy Agent, SIEM
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
Company
Verkada
A leader in cloud physical security, Verkada protects people and places with an integrated, AI-powered platform.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (80)
2024 (54)
2023 (48)
2022 (43)
2021 (19)
2020 (13)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$814.3MKey Investors
CapitalGGeneral CatalystAlkeon Capital
2025-12-03Series Unknown· $20M
2025-09-01Debt Financing· $150M
2025-02-19Series E· $200M
Leadership Team
Filip Kaliszan
Founder & CEO
Benjamin Bercovitz
Co-founder
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