Verkada
Staff Backend Engineer - Device Security
$200K–$300K
San Mateo, CA United States +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jun 3, 2026
- Location
- San Mateo, CA United States
San Mateo, California, United States - Experience
- 8+ years developing go/Python microservices with AWS and participating in on-call.
- Education
- BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering.
- Visa sponsorship
- Sponsors and takes over sponsorship of employment visas; if an offer is made, will make every reasonable effort to get the candidate a visa.
About the job
Builds and maintains backend systems and security infrastructure that automate security testing and help protect Verkada device firmware and fleets.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain infrastructure and internal tooling for automated device security testing.
- Design, build, maintain, and scale device security backend systems and tools, including firmware supply-chain security tools.
- Develop automation for the device security program and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering.
- 8+ years developing go/Python microservices with AWS and participating in on-call.
- Strong knowledge of scalable, fault-tolerant backend system design, including databases, queues, and blob storage.
- Strong systems architecture experience and experience managing IoT device fleets.
Nice to have
- Security experience, a hacker mindset, or interest in learning more.
- Working knowledge of at least some of: temporal, k8s, docker, redis, dynamoDB, postgres, IAM, S3.
Pay
$200,000 — $300,000 USD annual on-target earnings (OTE), comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable)
Tools
go, Python, AWS, temporal, k8s, docker, redis, dynamoDB
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