Staff Software Engineer, Identity & Access Management Platform
Verkada · San Mateo, CA United States
Posted 14 days ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 14 days Verkada's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Verkada's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Verkada
- low 0 stale, 5 reposted of 304 open
- Hiring momentum
- 398 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Verkada's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Verkada.
About this role
As a Staff Software Engineer focused on Identity & Access Management at Verkada, you will lead the development of the internal access management architecture, ensuring secure and efficient access to company resources. Your role involves designing and building backend infrastructure, automating access workflows, and integrating with identity providers. You will also create tools for teams to manage access with minimal manual intervention, all while ensuring compliance with security standards.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Verkada as an employer.
What you need
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent
- 5+ years of backend engineering or security platform engineering experience
- Demonstrated experience designing and building access management platforms or identity infrastructure from the ground up
- Strong understanding of identity primitives, least-privilege access, and protocols such as OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, or SCIM
- Experience implementing role-based, policy-based, or attribute-based access control models
- Experience replacing manual operational workflows with automation
Nice to have
- Experience with Okta administration and Okta APIs at scale
- Experience building Slack-based or chat-ops tooling for internal workflows
- Prior experience in a regulated or compliance-heavy environment (FedRAMP, SOC 2, ISO 27001)
What you get
- Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet personal health and financial well-being needs
- Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
- Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Expanded mental health support
- Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
- Paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of the tech stack beyond modern backend languages and cloud-native tooling
- Role involves significant responsibility in a high-growth startup environment which may lead to high pressure
- Salary range provided is broad, indicating potential variability based on experience and negotiation
Summarised from Verkada's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Verkada on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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