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Verkada

Senior Backend Engineer - Virtual Guard

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about 4 hours ago
San Mateo, CA, USA
Senior
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Base Salary

$130k - $280k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and build distributed backend systems for AI-driven detection and response workflows.
  • Develop scalable pipelines for real-time processing of video, audio, and sensor data.
  • Architect event-driven systems for automated alerts and actions.
  • Build infrastructure for deploying large video and audio models into production.
  • Rapidly prototype and iterate on new AI-powered features.
  • Optimize systems for low latency and high availability across cloud and edge environments.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to define intelligent safety systems.
  • Establish best practices for observability and continuous deployment.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of backend engineering experience with production systems.
  • Strong experience in designing distributed systems and scalable APIs.
  • Proven track record in building large-scale, data-intensive systems.
  • Experience with real-time data pipelines and high-throughput systems.
  • Familiarity with deploying machine learning models in video and audio domains.
  • Strong programming skills in languages like Go and Python.
  • Experience with databases and streaming systems such as Kafka and Postgres.
  • Ability to quickly prototype and iterate in ambiguous problem spaces.
  • Strong ownership mindset with experience delivering reliable systems.

Benefits

  • 100% coverage of employee healthcare premiums and 80% for family premiums.
  • Nationwide medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • Health Saving Account (HSA) with employer contributions.
  • Expanded mental health support.
  • Paid parental leave and fertility benefits.
  • Flexible PTO and paid holidays.
  • Professional development stipend.
  • Wellness/fitness benefits and healthy lunches provided daily.
  • Commuter benefits.

Tech Stack

Apache KafkaGoPostgreSQLPython

Categories

AI & MLBackend