Verkada
Staff+ Software Engineer, Agentic Software Security
$200K–$300K
San Mateo, CA United States +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 30, 2026
- Location
- San Mateo, CA United States
San Mateo, California, United States - Experience
- 7+ years of experience as a software engineer that has worked on security problems.
- Education
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent.
- Visa sponsorship
- Verkada sponsors and takes over sponsorship of employment visas for this role; if it makes an offer, it will make every reasonable effort to get the candidate a visa.
About the job
Builds and scales software security tools, libraries, and frameworks that automate security across Verkada’s software development lifecycle.
What you'll do
- Lead initiatives to eliminate classes of vulnerabilities, including prototyping tools and driving their adoption.
- Use AI to automate security engineering practices and help engineers build products and infrastructure securely.
- Collaborate on security goals and programs, and share security experience through presentations, conferences, blogs, and open source.
What they ask for
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent.
- 7+ years of experience as a software engineer who has worked on security problems.
- Experience leveraging AI as you build.
- Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week.
Nice to have
- Masters or PhD in security.
Pay
$200,000 — $300,000 USD (annual on-target earnings, comprised of base compensation and commissions if applicable)
AI focus
Leverage AI to automate security engineering practices.
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