Senior Backend Engineer - Core Services

Posted:
2/28/2025, 8:24:16 AM

Location(s):
California, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

Pay:
$100/hr or $208,000 total comp

Who We Are

Verkada is a leader in cloud-based B2B physical security. Verkada offers six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace and intercoms — integrated with a single cloud-based software platform.

Designed with simplicity and scalability in mind, Verkada gives organizations the real-time insight to know what could impact the safety and comfort of people throughout their physical environment, while empowering them to take immediate action to minimize security risks, workplace frustrations and costly inefficiencies.

Founded in 2016, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices across three continents, 2,100+ full-time employees and 28,000+ customers across 70+ countries.

Overview

We are looking for experienced back-end engineers to join the Verkada Core Platform team. We are building the platform and shared services that will enable Verkada to quickly bring to market a suite of IoT devices and to power Verkada’s “operating system for buildings.” As a member of the Core team, you will be the architect, designer, and developer in a broad range of projects.

You will:

Build scalable distributed systems capable of handling high traffic from 100s of thousands of devices deployed around the world.
Work with high concurrency key-value storage systems (Redis, DynamoDB)
Spin up new services in a microservices architecture
Help lead and grow junior engineers

Education and Experience:

Degree in Computer Science or similar technical field of study
4+ years of relevant industry experience
Experience driving technical direction and leading teams towards project execution
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Mastery of at least one common server programming language (Python, Go)
Experience with relational databases like Postgres, MySQL, etc
Experience with distributed systems at scale

Perks & Benefits:

Generous company paid medical, dental & vision insurance coverage
Unlimited paid time off & 11 companywide paid holidays
Wellness allowance
Commuter benefits
Healthy lunches and dinners provided daily
Generous paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits

Annual Pay Range

Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).

Estimated Annual Pay Range

$130,000—$280,000 USD

Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

Your application will be handled in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Policy.

Verkada

Website: https://www.verkada.com/

Headquarter Location: San Mateo, California, United States

Employee Count: 1001-5000

Year Founded: 2016

IPO Status: Private

Last Funding Type: Series D

Industries: Cloud Security ⋅ Enterprise Software ⋅ Internet of Things ⋅ Network Security ⋅ Smart Building

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