Staff Software Engineer - Detection and Response Platform

Job Description

Verkada is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Detection and Response Platform team. This role is based in San Mateo, CA. The ideal candidate will have experience in building, operating, and improving security monitoring, detection, and response infrastructure.Verkada is a leader in cloud-based B2B physical security, offering a range of integrated product lines. The company is committed to using technology responsibly and values data privacy and security.Responsibilities:

• Build, operate, and improve Verkada’s Security Monitoring, Detection and Response infrastructure
• Onboard new systems and services to 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 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
• 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 (we use AWS)
• Proficiency in programming in Golang or Python
• Familiarity in continuous integration and Infrastructure as Code
• Experience designing, and optimizing high throughput ETL pipelines
• Experience and enthusiasm for learning about new security products, features, and strategies
• Excellent collaborative skills
• Outstanding written and verbal communication

Benefits and Perks:

• Healthcare programs with premiums 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) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Expanded mental health support
• Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
• Flexible PTO and personal sick time
• Professional development stipend
• Fertility Stipend
• Wellness/fitness benefits
• Healthy lunches provided daily
• Commuter benefits