Yubico
Yubico~3mo ago
USD 175000-200000/yr

Senior Embedded Engineer

United StatesUnited States·Santa Clarasenior
EngineeringQA & TestingEmbedded EngineerEmbedded QA Engineer
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Quick Summary

Overview

Meet Yubico: the creator of the most secure passkeys and leading provider of hardware authentication security keys. Our company’s mission is to make secure login easy and available for everyone.

Key Responsibilities

Yubico is looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is innovative and has a passion for creating software to drive new custom hardware platforms.

Requirements Summary

Experience building applications that leverage background services and tasks Some experience building desktop applications on Windows U.S. benefits designed for your overall well-being: Health coverage.

Technical Tools
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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.

What We Offer

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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.
One Team: We are open, responsive, and collaborative, overcoming challenges and celebrating our successes together.

 

Yubico is looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is innovative and has a passion for creating software to drive new custom hardware platforms. 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. Our team is focused on building integrations between software platforms and the YubiKey, as well as building out our own internal tools that are used during the YubiKey manufacturing process.

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

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  • Experiment, create prototypes and refine your work based on user feedback, industry standards, and business needs
  • Work collaboratively across functions with our Product Management, Hardware, and Production teams
  • 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

Requirements

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  • 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
  • Proven experience building software using C/C++ and is comfortable with bit manipulation and binary arithmetic
  • Experience building applications that leverage background services and tasks
  • Some experience building desktop applications on Windows

 

U.S. benefits designed for your overall well-being:

Personal data submitted through this form is used for managing Yubico’s recruitment activities, which include facilitating any application you make, setting up and conducting interviews and tests for applicants, evaluating and assessing results and selecting candidates, and as otherwise needed in our recruitment and onboarding processes. The use of your personal data may also be necessary prior to entering into a contract with you (that is prior to offering you a job with Yubico). Your personal data will only be used for the purposes for which it was collected and in accordance with the Yubico Privacy Notice. We only keep your personal data for as long as necessary and in compliance with Yubico’s record retention policies. If you have asked us to, we will keep you informed of other opportunities at Yubico. We do this in various ways, including email and by phone. If at any time you do not want us to contact you or use your information as described herein please contact us at jobs@yubico.com to let us know and we will delete all such information. Providing your personal data is voluntary, but necessary to join our talent community, and if you do not agree to provide your data, we will not be able to consider you as part of our talent community.

As part of providing the requested service, we will transfer your data to be processed by Greenhouse Software Inc., a service provider contracted by Yubico AB and/or its subsidiaries that meets legally mandated privacy requirements. The Yubico Privacy Notice offers more information about Yubico privacy practices, including the lawful basis for processing of personal data, how to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority, and how to contact Yubico to exercise your data subject rights. In this notice, when we refer to "Yubico", "us", "we" or "our", we mean the Yubico group company or companies that you apply to, or correspond with, and which are responsible for any personal data collected about you.

Location & Eligibility

Where is the job
Santa Clara, United States
On-site at the office
Who can apply
Open to applicants worldwide
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United States

Listing Details

First seen
April 7, 2026
Last seen
July 17, 2026

Posting Health

Days active
100
Repost count
0
Trust Level
42%
Scored at
July 17, 2026

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Yubico is a global cybersecurity company that provides phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication solutions, most notably the YubiKey, to secure access to computers, mobile devices, and online accounts. Founded in 2007, Yubico is a key contributor to open authentication standards like FIDO2 and WebAuthn.

Employees
750
Founded
2007
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YubicoSenior Embedded EngineerUSD 175000-200000