Staff Software Engineer - Detection and Response Platform

About the Role

Verkada is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to build, operate, and scale our Detection and Response Platform. In this role, you will help secure Verkada's physical AI and cloud ecosystem by driving security monitoring, alerting, automation, and incident response infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Build, operate, and improve Verkada’s Security Monitoring, Detection, and Response infrastructure.
• Onboard new systems and services to our SIEM.
• Tune alerts to maintain high signal.
• Automate data enrichment and incident response workflows.
• Facilitate incident response processes and tabletop exercises.
• Collaborate with the CISO and security team to grow the broader Verkada security program.
• Share security experience internally and externally via conferences and blogs.
• Mentor peer engineers to develop their security reasoning and technical knowledge.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent experience.
• 7–10+ years of experience as a software engineer, security engineer, site reliability engineer, or security consultant.
• Experience building robust and scalable products in public clouds (AWS preferred).
• Proficiency programming in Go (Golang) or Python.
• Familiarity with Continuous Integration (CI) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Experience designing and optimizing high-throughput ETL pipelines.
• Experience and enthusiasm for learning about new security products, features, and strategies.
• Excellent collaborative and communication skills.
• Willingness and ability to work onsite five days per week in San Mateo, CA.