Verkada

Backend Engineer

Verkada
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3 days ago
San Mateo, CA, USAMid Level

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable distributed backend systems handling high-volume traffic from globally deployed devices.
  • Develop and optimize backend services, APIs, data models, and infrastructure components.
  • Design scalable control planes and data primitives with strong availability, performance, security, and maintainability.
  • Build and deploy backend services in a microservices architecture, including implementation, testing, monitoring, and production support.
  • Collaborate with product, infrastructure, firmware, and frontend engineering teams on technical requirements and customer-facing features.
  • Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and software engineering best practices.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a closely related field.
  • Willingness and ability to work onsite five days per week.

Benefits

  • Healthcare programs with at least one plan fully covering employee premiums and all plans covering 80% of family premiums.
  • 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, extended holidays, flexible PTO, and personal sick time.
  • Professional development stipend, fertility stipend, and wellness and fitness benefits.
  • Healthy lunches provided daily and commuter benefits.
  • Onsite work five days per week.

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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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