Yubico

Senior Embedded Engineer

Santa Clara, CA · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$175k-$200kDetected 2 days ago

C++GitLinuxAgentic AIJiraConfluenceEmbedded SystemsMentoring

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.

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
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.
Yubico is looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is innovative and has a passion for creating software to drive new custom hardware platforms.
designed for your overall well-being:

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 ).

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.

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.

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).

Yubico is a global leader in identity security and creator of the YubiKey, the original hardware-backed passkey.
Publicly traded on Nasdaq Stockholm with headquarters in Sweden, the US, and Singapore, we protect everyone from everyday consumers to global enterprises with modern, phishing-resistant authentication.
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.
We are open, responsive, and collaborative, overcoming challenges and celebrating our successes together.
Aligned with our commitment to open standards, we foster a thriving builder ecosystem through the Yubico Developer Program, offering free open-source repositories, libraries, and SDKs to help developers rapidly integrate strong hardware authentication into any application.
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.

This listing is sourced directly from Yubico's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.