Verkada
Staff Software Engineer - Detection and Response Platform
$200K–$300K
San Mateo, CA United States +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted May 21, 2026
- Location
- San Mateo, CA United States
San Mateo, California, United States - Experience
- 7-10+ years in one of the stated roles.
- 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; if an offer is made, it will make every reasonable effort to get the candidate a visa.
About the job
Build and operate Verkada’s security monitoring, detection, and response infrastructure, improving alerting, incident workflows, and the broader security program.
What you'll do
- Build, operate, and improve security monitoring, detection, and response infrastructure; onboard systems and services to the SIEM and tune alerts.
- Automate data enrichment and incident response workflows, and facilitate incident response processes and tabletop exercises.
- Collaborate with security leadership and other teams, share security knowledge, and help peer engineers develop their security skills.
What they ask for
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent.
- 7-10+ years of experience as a software engineer, security engineer, site reliability engineer, or security consultant.
- Experience building robust, scalable products in public clouds; proficiency in Golang or Python.
- Experience designing and optimizing high-throughput ETL pipelines; familiarity with continuous integration and Infrastructure as Code.
Pay
$200,000 — $300,000 USD (annual on-target earnings; comprised of base compensation and commissions, if applicable)
Tools
AWS, Golang, Python, SIEM, Infrastructure as Code
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