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Who We Are

Designed with simplicity in mind, Verkada's six product lines video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace, and intercoms provide unparalleled building security through an integrated, cloud-based software platform. Over 33,500 organizations, including 96 companies in the Fortune 500, across 93 countries worldwide trust Verkada as their physical security layer for easier management, intelligent control, and scalable deployments. Founded in 2016 with more than $700M in funding raised to-date, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices and 2,200+ full-time employees.

About The Role

Behind the scenes, were a team of computer scientists, hardware engineers and experienced founders who saw a chance to make a real impact. Were united by the challenge of building beautiful products, designed for real peopleand by our commitment to using technology responsibly. We believe keeping data private and secure is core to our safety as individuals, businesses and communities and we put great care into building systems that embody our values as people. Likewise, many of Silicon Valleys top investors believe in us: were backed by Sequoia Capital, FirstRound, Meritech and Siemens (Next47).

What Youll Do

• Facilitate the security of the hardware and firmware that goes onto the devices we ship to our customers: Verkada cameras, Access Control units, Card / BLE readers, Sensors, and future devices we will soon be launching


• Explore innovative solutions to enable Verkada business instead of Security says No


• Partner closely with Product, Hardware, and Backend engineering to test and improve the security of Verkadas products and exceed customers expectations


• Set up security tooling to ensure secure coding best practices


• Triage and recommend solutions for security bugs from tools, third party assessments and bug bounties


• Participate in code reviews and pull requests


• Collaborate with other engineering leaders to define, communicate, and execute on goals, priorities and process.


• Collaborate with the CISO and security team to grow the broader Verkada security program


• Share your security experience with other teams internally and externally via security conferences and blogs


• Help your peer engineers grow their own security reasoning and knowledge

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent


• Experience in embedded linux environments


• 5+ years of experience as a security engineer, software engineer, or security consultant
  
• Familiarity with security weaknesses, exploits, attacks and mitigations


• Coding ability - you will be writing production code


• Excellent collaborative skills


• Outstanding written and verbal communication


• Experience with most of the following: Linux System Security, Device Drivers, Kernel, Fuzzing, Network protocols, Static Analysis

Nice To Have

• Achieved FIPS 140 certification


• Knowledge of Yocto-based embedded Linux systems


• Knowledge of hardware security features such as secure boot, TrustZone, memory protections, and roots-of-trustZone, or secure boot


• Cryptography primitives, protocols and applications

US Employee Benefits

• Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans


• Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage


• Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options


• Expanded mental health support


• Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits


• Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time


• Professional development stipend


• Fertility Stipend


• Wellness/fitness benefits


• Healthy lunches provided daily


• Commuter benefits

Additional Information

• We do sponsor and take over sponsorship of employment visas for this role. If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa.

Annual Pay Range

At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs).

Estimated Annual Pay Range: $130,000$280,000 USD

Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

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