Verkada

Senior Backend Engineer

Verkada
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8 hours ago
San Mateo, CA, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Design scalable control planes and data primitives for Verkada products.
  • Build distributed systems capable of handling high traffic from hundreds of thousands of devices worldwide.
  • Launch new services within a microservices architecture.
  • Scale authentication, users, roles, and audit capabilities for core products.

Requirements

  • A degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering.
  • 4+ years of relevant industry experience.
  • Experience building and scaling access systems to millions of users worldwide.
  • Mastery of at least one of Python or Go.
  • Experience with relational databases including Postgres and MySQL.
  • Experience with key-value storage, caching, and distributed queueing systems including Redis, Memcached, and Kafka.
  • Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • Experience with React, gRPC, and API specifications.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Willingness and ability to work onsite five days per week.

Benefits

  • Healthcare programs with employee premiums fully covered under at least one plan and family premiums covered at 80% under all plans.
  • Nationwide medical, vision, and dental coverage, plus HSA employer contributions and FSA options.
  • Expanded mental health support, paid parental leave, and fertility benefits and stipend.
  • Paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO, and personal sick time.
  • Professional development stipend and wellness and fitness benefits.
  • Healthy lunches provided daily and commuter benefits.
  • Employment visa sponsorship and sponsorship takeover are available for this role.
Verkada

About Verkada

1,001-5,000 employees

Verkada builds a cloud-managed physical security platform for enterprises, combining security cameras, access control, sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management with web and mobile software. It sells hardware plus software licenses through a subscription model to organizations like schools, retailers, and industrial sites. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, Verkada reports 30,000+ customers worldwide and is privately held.

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