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Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it.\nYou 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. \nAbout the Role\nAs a Staff Software Engineer on the team, you will shape Verkada's internal access management architecture, define technical strategy, and build the infrastructure used to provision, review, and audit access across the company. From evolving our in-house access platform to setting guardrails for AI-driven and agentic workflows, your technical leadership will directly impact every team at Verkada.\nWhat You'll Do\nOwn the technical architecture of Verkada's internal access management platform, the system of record for employee, service, and non-human access across company resources.\nDesign, build, and operate highly available, observable backend infrastructure for access provisioning and review, using modern backend languages and cloud-native tooling.\nExtend and harden integrations with identity providers (e.g. Okta) - custom roles, entitlement mapping, and infrastructure-as-code management of identity resources.\nBuild automation that replaces manual access review and approval workflows, including AI-assisted risk scoring, anomaly detection, and self-service provisioning.\nCreate automated, developer-friendly tools (including chat-based interfaces) that let teams request, approve, and audit access without manual security operations overhead.\nEnsure access controls meet compliance requirements.\nExperience in a high-growth startup environment\nWhat You'll Need\nBachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent\n5+ years of backend engineering or security platform engineering experience\nDemonstrated experience designing and building access management platforms or identity infrastructure from the ground up, rather than administering third-party tools.\nStrong understanding of identity primitives, least-privilege access, and protocols such as OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, or SCIM.\nExperience implementing role-based, policy-based, or attribute-based access control models.\nExperience replacing manual operational workflows with automation, ideally including AI or LLM-driven tooling.\nExperience operating high-availability infrastructure in cloud-native environments (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform).\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills\nBonus Points\nExperience with Okta administration and Okta APIs at scale.\nExperience building Slack-based or chat-ops tooling for internal workflows.\nPrior experience in a regulated or compliance-heavy environment (FedRAMP, SOC 2, ISO 27001).\nUS Employee Benefits\nVerkada 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:\nHealthcare 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\nNationwide medical, vision and dental coverage\nHealth Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options\nExpanded mental health support\nPaid parental leave policy & fertility benefits\nTime off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time\nProfessional development stipend\nWellness/fitness benefits\nHealthy lunches provided daily\nCommuter benefits\nAdditional Information \nWe 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.\nAnnual Pay Range\nAt 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)\nBelow is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).\nEstimated Annual Pay Range\n$200,000—$300,000 USD\nVerkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer\nAs an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. 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