Yubico
Senior Embedded Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · Senior
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$12,075 more — $187,075 — moves this role to Level II and 2 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $187,075 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- In this role, you will be part of the team that brings new ideas from prototypes to production applications that would leverage our YubiKey devices.
- The team leverages a variety of tools, including GitHub for source management and review, Jira for task management, and Confluence for internal documentation.
- In this role, you will write software primarily in C/C++ using the IDE of your choice.
Responsibilities
- Experiment, create prototypes and refine your work based on user feedback, industry standards, and business needs
- Hone your skills in designing and developing compelling experiences using native and cross-platform technologies
- Have an opportunity to develop your skills for working with embedded hardware platforms
- Through close collaborations with technical partners like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, as well as newer frontiers like OpenAI, we continue to shape a safer digital world while donating security keys to protect vulnerable communities, journalists, and humanitarian groups worldwide through our Secure it Forward program.
- We work to ensure that our employees have an open space to have their voices amplified to create a workplace where everyone feels like they belong.
- In support of this, our employees have created some pretty cool Employee Resource Groups that foster inclusion, help build community and connection across Yubico which all employees are welcome to join.
- designed for your overall well-being:
Requirements
- Bachelor or MS in Computer Science or a relevant technical discipline or equivalent experience, including 5+ years of software engineering experience
- Experience with developing embedded software or firmware
- Familiarity with either Windows or Linux system internals and services, such as synchronization primitives, efficient file system access, and logging facilities
- Additionally, Yubico donates YubiKeys to organizations in need all over the world (you can read more about our work here ).
Nice to have
- We pay 100% of your premium and 85% for your family.
- We love welcoming new family members to our YubiTeam!
- Strong mission & company values.
- We believe that every person's work matters.
- That you should always be nice, stay humble, and have fun, and never take yourself too seriously.
- Final compensation is also based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Compensation
- This role has the annual salary range as defined below for a salary pay range for a candidate located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Benefits
- We've got you covered with top of the line health plans, including dental and vision.
- Our retirement plan includes a 401K dollar per dollar match up to 6% with a cap of $6K/year.
- We offer $1,200.00 in wellness earnings (prorated based on start date) that you can use on your gym membership, a massage, or your favorite online fitness classes.
- This is a taxable benefit if you choose to participate.
- Learning and development.
- We encourage your professional growth and offer a yearly development stipend of $3,000 and mentorship program.
- We offer a total of 15 vacation days plus 10 holidays, and 7 sick days a year.
- All parents receive 8 weeks of paid leave.
- Birthing parents receive an additional 8 weeks of paid leave (16 weeks total).
Company info
- Yubico is a global leader in identity security and creator of the YubiKey, the original hardware-backed passkey.
- We are publicly traded on Nasdaq Stockholm; our global footprint includes headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, Silicon Valley, California; and Singapore.
- Why Join Our Mission?
- At Yubico, we are guided by a shared belief that your work matters.
- We operate under a cultural philosophy of Speed with Integrity, pushing the boundaries of technology to secure the AI frontier-protecting both human and agentic AI interactions-and leading the transition to post-quantum cryptography.
- In everything we do, we live by our core values:
- Battle Friction:
- We constantly look for new ways to simplify our products, our work, and the user experience.
- Inspire Higher:
- We think big, champion the open internet, and strive to do the right thing even when it is difficult.
- We are open, responsive, and collaborative, overcoming challenges and celebrating our successes together.
- At Yubico, we offer:
This listing is sourced directly from Yubico's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.