Verkada is a physical-security vendor that provides a platform of connected cameras, access control, alarms, sensors, and intercoms for organizations.
<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong>Who We Are</strong></h3> <p>Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management. </p> <p>We’ve got serious momentum in the market: more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/03/verkada-capitalg-valuation-security.html">a $5.8B valuation</a>, more than $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, Next47 and more. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it.</p> <p>You can look at all kinds of communities to see our platform’s impact in the world. It's the retailer that uses our agentic AI to deter theft before it happens. The warehouse that uses AI-powered alerts to make sure its team is protected on the floor with proper PPE. The school that’s alerted to a threat in real-time and triggers a lockdown in seconds, not minutes. We’re rapidly scaling this impact: today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries. </p></div><h3><strong>About the Role</strong></h3> <div>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. </div> <h3><strong>What You'll Do</strong></h3> <div> <ul> <li>Develop security and privacy infrastructure, including services that seamlessly incorporate security into our infrastructure, applications, and devices.</li> <li>Architect systems designed to effectively manage escalating data volumes as Verkada expands, all without compromising performance or security.</li> <li>Mentor and foster the development of junior engineers.</li> <li>Work closely with engineering and product teams to enhance Verkada’s product security, thereby exceeding customer expectations.</li> <li>Collaborate with other engineering leaders to define, communicate, and implement goals, priorities, and processes.</li> <li>Collaborate with the CISO and security team to expand Verkada's wider security and privacy programs.</li> <li>Share your security expertise internally and externally via security conferences, presentations, blogs, and open-source contributions.</li> <li>You'll work on projects such as end-to-end encryption and data encryption (both at rest and in use), all aimed at safeguarding customer data.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>What You Bring</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent</li> <li>8+ years of experience as a software engineer or security engineer that writes code</li> <li>Demonstrable coding skills and desire to write code every day</li> <li>Strong experience with AWS, GCP, or other cloud service provider</li> <li>Experience and enthusiasm for learning about new security & privacy products, features, and strategies</li> <li>Excellent collaborative skills</li> <li>Outstanding written and verbal communication</li> <li>Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week</li> </ul> <h3><strong>US Employee Benefits</strong></h3> <p>Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:</p> <ul> <li>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</li> <li>Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage</li> <li>Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options</li> <li>Expanded mental health support</li> <li>Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits</li> <li>Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time</li> <li>Professional development stipend</li> <li>Fertility Stipend</li> <li>Wellness/fitness benefits</li> <li>Healthy lunches provided daily</li> <li>Commuter benefits</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Additional Information </strong></h3> <ul> <li>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.</li> </ul> </div><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span class="C9DxTc ">Annual Pay Range</span></strong></span></p> <p>At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs)</p> <p>Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base com