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Staff Software Engineer, Cryptography Operations

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San Mateo, CA
200K-300K Annually
Senior level
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San Mateo, CA
200K-300K Annually
Senior level
Lead the development of code signing infrastructure and security measures for Verkada's firmware while mentoring engineers and collaborating with teams.
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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

Verkada’s device security team has an important mission–empower the company to build the safest physical security products in the world.  We are directly responsible for the development of important defensive security measures that run on all Verkada devices, and build & maintain security infrastructure that helps secure the firmware running on our fleet of devices.

What You'll Do
  • Own the present and future of Verkada’s code signing infrastructure, balancing the need for firmware code signing security against the need for teams to iterate rapidly.
  • Secure the firmware supply chain by building tools & automation to check dependencies are up to date and vulnerabilities are patched.
  • Maintain physical device security infrastructure, such as the offline secure boot code signing facility.
  • Partner with other firmware teams to integrate firmware supply chain tools into their build processes. 
  • Help mentor other engineers, and learn everything you can about embedded IoT security.
  • Contribute to other parts of the team (cloud, backend, or firmware) as needed.
What You Bring
  • 8+ years developing Linux applications, preferably in Go, C++, or C.
  • Exposure to HSMs, PKCS#11, and cryptography libraries, plus working knowledge of cryptography algorithms.
  • Strong knowledge of networking & Linux operating system fundamentals, including important commands & files.
  • Excellent interpersonal & communication skills.
  • Have worked in an agile team environment.
  • BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.  (Non-traditional backgrounds are OK to apply as well!)
  • Yocto, openwrt, or other embedded Linux build systems. (preferred)
  • Code building and signing infrastructure through public cloud providers, such as AWS CodeBuild, KMS, and CloudHSM. (preferred)
  • Infrastructure-as-code tooling & frameworks such as Terraform or Ansible. (preferred)
  • Hacker mindset, or interest in knowing more. (preferred)
  • Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week
US Employee Benefits

Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:

  • 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)

Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).

Estimated Annual Pay Range
$200,000$300,000 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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Top Skills

Ansible
Aws Codebuild
C
C++
Cloudhsm
Cryptography Algorithms
Cryptography Libraries
Go
Hsms
Kms
Linux
Openwrt
Pkcs#11
Terraform
Yocto

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