Verkada
GRC Engineer
$200K–$250K
San Mateo, CA United States +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 9, 2026
- Location
- San Mateo, CA United States
San Mateo, California, United States - Experience
- 7+ years of security/IT compliance or equivalent experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Verkada sponsors and takes over sponsorship of employment visas for this role and says it will make every reasonable effort to get an offered candidate a visa.
About the job
Build and lead Verkada’s governance, risk, compliance, and assurance function, scaling automated security compliance programs and customer security assurance.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain automated security-control testing, continuous monitoring, and compliance roadmaps across corporate, IT, and product environments.
- Manage risk assessments, vendor reviews, corrective actions, security exceptions, and business continuity and disaster recovery activities.
- Support policies, customer questionnaire responses, documentation, and collaboration with internal and external auditors.
What they ask for
- Experience with AWS or another cloud service provider.
- Prior experience with software-company compliance.
- Experience with audits, risk, and compliance (such as SOC 2 or ISO27001) for cloud software products.
- Outstanding written and spoken communication skills.
Nice to have
- Experience with scripting languages such as Python or JSON.
- Prior experience automating audit evidence collection.
Pay
$200,000 — $250,000 USD annual on-target earnings (OTE), comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).
Tools
AWS, Github, Python, JSON, SOC 2, ISO27001
AI focus
Leverage AI and automation to scale GRCA functions.
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