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Staff/Senior Software Engineer - Tools

Verkada
Verkada Salary
San Mateo, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/1/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/13/2025
Who We Are

Verkada is a leader in cloud-based B2B physical security. Verkada offers six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace and intercoms — integrated with a single cloud-based software platform.

Designed with simplicity and scalability in mind, Verkada gives organizations the real-time insight to know what could impact the safety and comfort of people throughout their physical environment, while empowering them to take immediate action to minimize security risks, workplace frustrations and costly inefficiencies.

Founded in 2016, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices across three continents, 2,100 full-time employees and 30,000 customers across 70 countries.

We focus on building and enhancing tools and systems that empower our developers, sales, and support teams. As a Backend Engineer on our team, you'd focus on designing new tools and improving quality of existing ones. Whether you’re early in your career or bring years of experience, there’s an opportunity to make a significant impact.

Responsibilities

  • Doing common actions in the cloud rather than from developer machines
  • Improving handling of licenses
  • Separating the monolith support tool into smaller a more manageable tools
  • Improving the feature flags system
  • Building tools that use AI
  • Building tools to improve security and privacy
  • Contributing to open-source systems used by Verkada

Requirements

  • Must have a BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, or similar technical field of study
  • Experience and enthusiasm for learning about new infrastructure products, features, and strategies
  • Comfortable with working at the frontier of infrastructure and software development
  • Experience in Python and/or Go
  • Experience with one of the major cloud platforms (preferably AWS)
  • Strong written and verbal communications

Nice To Have

  • Experience with Terraform
  • Experience with Kubernetes
  • Experience with a service mesh such as Istio

Perks & Benefits

  • Generous company paid medical, dental & vision insurance coverage
  • Unlimited paid time off & 11 companywide paid holidays
  • Wellness allowance
  • Commuter benefits
  • Healthy lunches and dinners provided daily
  • Generous paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits

Beyond tools development, there’s flexibility to collaborate on cross-functional projects within the broader Infrastructure domain.We value creativity, problem-solving, and a strong ability to learn. While prior experience is beneficial, we focus more on your capability to adapt and grow rather than specific technology stacks. If you’re passionate about building impactful frontend solutions and eager to take on new challenges, we’d love to hear from you!

Annual Pay Range

Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).

Estimated Annual Pay Range

$130,000—$280,000 USD

Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

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Salary : $130,000 - $280,000

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