You will:

• 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
• Assist engineering with architecture and design of critical features having major security implications
• 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 Verkada’s 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

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent
• Experience in embedded linux environments
• 7+ 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

Perks & Benefits

• Generous company paid medical, dental & vision insurance coverage 
• Unlimited paid time off & 11 companywide paid holidays 
• Wellness allowance 
• Commuter benefits 
• Healthy lunches and dinners provided daily 
• Generous paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits