Base Salary
$200k - $300k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of new camera categories and influence hardware selection and feature scope with Hardware and Product teams
- Own the firmware roadmap and drive architectural changes from low-level MCUs through Linux-based edge services
- Build high-performance bare-metal firmware, secure bootloaders, Linux kernel optimizations, and concurrent userspace services
- Solve system-level issues involving race conditions, memory corruption, and hardware-software timing
- Balance hardware security, performance, power efficiency, and fleet observability
- Partner with CV, Streaming, and Storage teams on vertically integrated edge-computing and real-time computer-vision features
- Design deployment and monitoring strategies to support reliability and 24/7 uptime across a global device fleet
- Lead large-scale cross-functional technical initiatives from concept to production
Requirements
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
- 10+ years of professional systems software development experience in performance- and resource-constrained environments
- 5+ years of experience building software for Linux-based platforms
- Experience leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives from concept through production
- Experience leading initial board bring-up and hardware-software co-design for first-generation embedded devices
- Hands-on experience with SPI, I2C, UART, and USB
- Experience designing, implementing, and debugging concurrent or multithreaded firmware services
- Strong understanding of modern operating systems, computer architecture, and compute, memory, and storage trade-offs
- Proficiency in C++ or Golang
- Familiarity with Bash scripting and Python for tooling and automation
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
- Linux Kernel development experience, including drivers, device trees, or kernel-space performance optimization, is preferred
- Technical depth in MCU firmware and boot stacks, including RTOS, bare-metal development, or secure boot implementation, is preferred
Benefits
- Healthcare programs with at least one employee-premium-free plan and 80% family-premium coverage under all plans
- Nationwide medical, vision, and dental coverage
- Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account
- Expanded mental health support
- Paid parental leave and fertility benefits
- Paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO, and personal sick time
- Professional development stipend
- Fertility stipend
- Wellness and fitness benefits
- Healthy lunches provided daily
- Commuter benefits
- Full-time work at the San Mateo headquarters
- Employment visa sponsorship available
About Verkada
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.