Verkada

Senior Android Engineer - Mobile Platform & Systems

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6 months ago
San Mateo, CA, USASenior
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Base Salary

$150k - $265k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and evolve the Native Component Library built with Jetpack Compose
  • Improve Android developer experience through CI/CD optimization, test automation, and automated multi-team releases
  • Maintain networking infrastructure for offline-first synchronization, intelligent caching, and secure data transit
  • Implement low-level BLE, NFC, and custom Wi-Fi handshakes for secure hardware connectivity
  • Optimize type-safe communication between web-based components and native sensors, secure enclaves, and system logic
  • Evaluate architectural patterns such as Server-Driven UI and advise product teams on platform design

Requirements

  • 6+ years of professional Android development experience
  • Deep mastery of Kotlin and the Android SDK
  • Strong experience with mobile CI/CD, including tools such as GitHub Actions and Bitrise
  • Experience with test automation and developer productivity tooling
  • Deep understanding of networking stacks including OkHttp, Retrofit, and Protobuf
  • Experience handling unreliable network conditions at scale
  • Hands-on experience with Bluetooth Low Energy, NFC, or Android background execution limits
  • Expert proficiency with Jetpack Compose and experience scaling shared UI libraries across multiple teams
  • Experience managing Google Play Store release cycles for frequently deployed apps with multiple contributors

Benefits

  • Healthcare programs with at least one employee plan fully covered and family premiums covered at 80% under all plans
  • Medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • Health Savings Account with employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account
  • Expanded mental health support
  • Paid parental leave and fertility benefits
  • Paid holidays, extended holidays, flexible PTO, and personal sick time
  • Professional development stipend
  • Fertility stipend
  • Wellness and fitness benefits
  • Healthy lunches provided daily
  • Commuter benefits
  • Employment visa sponsorship is available

Tech Stack

Android SDKGitHub ActionsJetpack ComposeKotlin

Categories

Mobile
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About Verkada

1,001-5,000 employees

Transforming how organizations protect people and places. Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive platform that includes video security, access control, sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management. Today, more than 30,000 organizations, including 100+ Fortune 500 companies, rely on Verkada. With over $1B in annualized bookings, a $5.8B valuation, and backing from NVIDIA, CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, and Next47, we’re scaling rapidly across the global market. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it. From retail stores preventing theft before it happens, to warehouses using AI-powered alerts to improve worker safety, to schools detecting and responding to threats in seconds, not minutes, Verkada is redefining what modern physical security can do. More than 2 million devices are now deployed across 170+ countries, and we’re just getting started.

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