Verkada
Staff+ Security Engineer, Developer Tools
$200K–$300K
San Mateo, CA United States +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jun 18, 2026
- Location
- San Mateo, CA United States
San Mateo, California, United States - Experience
- 7+ years as a security engineer, software engineer, site reliability engineer, or security consultant.
- Education
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent.
- Visa sponsorship
- The company sponsors and takes over sponsorship of employment visas for this role and says it will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa after an offer.
About the job
Leads security engineering for Developer Experience, embedding security across the software development lifecycle and improving tools, AI agents, and systems used by engineers.
What you'll do
- Set security roadmaps and priorities; conduct threat modeling, architecture analysis, and technical design reviews.
- Improve secure development through tooling, secure defaults, training, and collaboration with engineering and product teams.
- Create and operate a bug bounty program, triage security findings, and help advance the broader security program.
What they ask for
- Strong experience with AWS, GCP, or another cloud service provider.
- Understanding of security weaknesses, exploits, attacks, and mitigations.
- Coding ability, including writing production Python/Go code, reviewing code, building proofs of concept, or implementing automation.
- Excellent collaboration, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
Nice to have
- Experience with most of: Security Development Lifecycle, Threat Modeling, Architecture Analysis, Technical Design Review, Security Code Review, Open Policy Agent, and SIEM.
- Experience and enthusiasm for learning about new security products, features, and strategies.
Pay
$200,000 — $300,000 USD (annual OTE; base compensation and commissions, if applicable)
Tools
AWS, GCP, Python, Go, Open Policy Agent, SIEM
AI focus
Defines and enhances AI agents and systems that empower software engineers; the role also involves security for AI-enabled developer tools.
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