Staff Software Engineer - Data Protection

<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong>Who We Are</strong></h3> <p>Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.&nbsp;</p> <p>We’ve got serious momentum in the market: more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/03/verkada-capitalg-valuation-security.html">a $5.8B valuation</a>, more than $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, Next47 and more. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it.</p> <p>You can look at all kinds of communities to see our platform’s impact in the world. It's the retailer that uses our agentic AI to deter theft before it happens. The warehouse that uses AI-powered alerts to make sure its team is protected on the floor with proper PPE. The school that’s alerted to a threat in real-time and triggers a lockdown in seconds, not minutes. We’re rapidly scaling this impact: today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries.&nbsp;</p></div><h3><strong>About the Role</strong></h3> <div>The Verkada Security Team is an engineering team at its core. Part of its charter is to build frameworks, tools, and platform services for security and privacy controls. In this role, you'll build distributed systems capable of handling high traffic, apply your cryptography skills, and launch new services that protect customers and personal data. The broad scope of the role will have you coding in various technology stacks, and collaborating with Verkada's engineering teams, always with a focus on security and privacy.&nbsp;</div> <h3><strong>What You'll Do</strong></h3> <div> <ul> <li>Develop security and privacy infrastructure, including services that seamlessly incorporate security into our infrastructure, applications, and devices.</li> <li>Architect systems designed to effectively manage escalating data volumes as Verkada expands, all without compromising performance or security.</li> <li>Mentor and foster the development of junior engineers.</li> <li>Work closely with engineering and product teams to enhance Verkada’s product security, thereby exceeding customer expectations.</li> <li>Collaborate with other engineering leaders to define, communicate, and implement goals, priorities, and processes.</li> <li>Collaborate with the CISO and security team to expand Verkada's wider security and privacy programs.</li> <li>Share your security