Verkada
Designed with simplicity in mind, Verkada's six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace, and intercoms — provide unparalleled building security through an integrated, cloud-based software platform. Over 33,500 organizations, including 96 companies in the Fortune 500, across 93 countries worldwide trust Verkada as their physical security layer for easier management, intelligent control, and scalable deployments. Founded in 2016 with more than $700M in funding raised to-date, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices and 2,200+ full‑time employees.
About the Role 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.
Responsibilities
Facilitate the security of the hardware and firmware that goes onto the devices we ship to our customers: Verkada cameras, Access Control units, Card / BLE readers, Sensors, and future devices we will soon be launching
Explore innovative solutions to enable Verkada business instead of “Security says No”
Partner closely with Product, Hardware, and Backend engineering to test and improve the security of Verkada’s products and exceed customers’ expectations
Set up security tooling to ensure secure coding best practices
Triage and recommend solutions for security bugs from tools, third‑party assessments and bug bounties
Participate in code reviews and pull requests
Collaborate with other engineering leaders to define, communicate, and execute on goals, priorities and process.
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
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent
Experience in embedded Linux environments
5+ years of experience as a security engineer, software engineer, or security consultant
Familiarity with security weaknesses, exploits, attacks and mitigations
Coding ability — you will be writing production code
Experience with most of the following: Linux System Security, Device Drivers, Kernel, Fuzzing, Network protocols, Static Analysis
Nice to Have
Achieved FIPS 140 certification
Knowledge of Yocto‑based embedded Linux systems
Knowledge of hardware security features such as secure boot, TrustZone, memory protections, and roots‑of‑trustZone, or secure boot
Cryptography primitives, protocols and applications
US Employee 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 Savings 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
Fertility stipend
Wellness/fitness benefits
Healthy lunches provided daily
Visa Sponsorship
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.
Annual Pay Range $130,000 - $280,000 USD>
Equal Employment Opportunity As set forth in Verkada’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.
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About the Role 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.
Responsibilities
Facilitate the security of the hardware and firmware that goes onto the devices we ship to our customers: Verkada cameras, Access Control units, Card / BLE readers, Sensors, and future devices we will soon be launching
Explore innovative solutions to enable Verkada business instead of “Security says No”
Partner closely with Product, Hardware, and Backend engineering to test and improve the security of Verkada’s products and exceed customers’ expectations
Set up security tooling to ensure secure coding best practices
Triage and recommend solutions for security bugs from tools, third‑party assessments and bug bounties
Participate in code reviews and pull requests
Collaborate with other engineering leaders to define, communicate, and execute on goals, priorities and process.
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
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent
Experience in embedded Linux environments
5+ years of experience as a security engineer, software engineer, or security consultant
Familiarity with security weaknesses, exploits, attacks and mitigations
Coding ability — you will be writing production code
Experience with most of the following: Linux System Security, Device Drivers, Kernel, Fuzzing, Network protocols, Static Analysis
Nice to Have
Achieved FIPS 140 certification
Knowledge of Yocto‑based embedded Linux systems
Knowledge of hardware security features such as secure boot, TrustZone, memory protections, and roots‑of‑trustZone, or secure boot
Cryptography primitives, protocols and applications
US Employee 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 Savings 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
Fertility stipend
Wellness/fitness benefits
Healthy lunches provided daily
Visa Sponsorship
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.
Annual Pay Range $130,000 - $280,000 USD>
Equal Employment Opportunity As set forth in Verkada’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.
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