Verkada

Senior Backend Engineer - Access Control

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San Mateo, CA, USASenior
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Responsibilities

  • Develop and expand cloud-managed access control systems for managing doors, schedules, and user credentials.
  • Drive loosely defined product ideas through completion and deliver high-quality product experiences.
  • Design and maintain scalable distributed systems involving databases, queues, and blob storage.
  • Take technical ownership of major systems and collaborate with firmware, backend, and frontend engineers.
  • Teach, learn, and solve complex problems in a fast-growing startup environment.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or graduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related science field.
  • At least 5 years of industry software engineering experience.
  • Proficiency in at least one common server programming language, including Python or Go.
  • Experience designing scalable distributed systems, including databases, queues, and blob storage.
  • Experience working in an agile software development environment.
  • Must be willing and able 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.
  • Health Savings Account with employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account.
  • Expanded mental health support, paid parental leave, and fertility benefits.
  • Paid holidays, extended firmwide holidays, flexible PTO, and personal sick time.
  • Professional development stipend, fertility stipend, wellness and fitness benefits, healthy lunches, and commuter benefits.
  • Full-time onsite work five days per week.
  • Employment visa sponsorship and takeover of sponsorship are available for this role.

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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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