Hiring: Staff Backend Engineer - Device Security Company: Verkada Location: San Mateo, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 12:19:25 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Docker, DynamoDB, Firmware, Go, IAM, Kubernetes, Microservices, PostgreSQL, Python, Redis, S3, Systems Design About the job Experience: •8+ years developing go/Python microservices with AWS and participating in on-call. Required Skills: •Build out and maintain security infrastructure, such as internal tooling to automate device security testing. •Design, build, maintain, and scale device security backend systems & tools, such as those that help us secure the firmware supply chain. •Develop, improve, and build automation to administer the device security program. •Help mentor other engineers, and learn everything you can about security. Qualifications: •Excellent written and verbal communication skills. •Strong knowledge of scalable fault-tolerant backend systems design, including databases, queues, blob storage. •Solid functional working knowledge of at least some of these: temporal, k8s, docker, redis, dynamoDB, postgres, IAM, S3. •Strong understanding and experience in systems architecture. •Security experience, hacker mindset, or interest in learning more (preferred) Compensation: •$200,000 - $300,000 / year •Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!