Backend Engineer – Cloud-Scale Distributed Systems

Verkada; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision and dental coverage

HSA contributions

Parental leave

Paid time off

Flexible PTO

Professional development stipend

Wellness benefits

Healthy lunches

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Verkada is seeking a backend engineer to build scalable distributed systems powering cameras, sensors and analytics. You will work with Python and Go, design APIs, and deploy services using Terraform and Kubernetes. You will engage with Redis, DynamoDB, Postgres, Kafka and SQS to handle global device traffic.

You should have 1+ years of backend experience, a CS degree, and a passion for shipping reliable software in an Agile team environment. On-site role in Foster City, CA with strong benefits.

Qualifications

• 1+ years backend engineering experience in a production environment.
• BS/MS in Computer Science or similar technical field of study.
• Experience developing and launching products.
• Working knowledge of Python and/or Go.
• Comfortable working in an Agile software development environment.
• Familiarity with REST APIs, ability to read Python server code is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable distributed systems capable of handling high traffic from devices deployed worldwide.
• Work with high concurrency key-value stores (Redis, DynamoDB).
• Work with Postgres relational databases.
• Work with logging/messaging technologies like Kafka and SQS.
• Deploy services via Terraform and Kubernetes.
• Develop large scale systems to configure products remotely.
• Define and improve low-latency, high-throughput microservice architectures.
• Design and develop features with cutting-edge computer vision.
• Design clean APIs and implement them using Python and/or Go.

Skills

Backend development

REST APIs

Agile teamwork

Education

B.S./M.S. in Computer Science

Tools

Python

Go

Redis

DynamoDB

PostgreSQL

Kafka

SQS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Linux

Job description

Verkada is seeking a backend engineer to build scalable distributed systems powering cameras, sensors and analytics. You will work with Python and Go, design APIs, and deploy services using Terraform and Kubernetes. You will engage with Redis, DynamoDB, Postgres, Kafka and SQS to handle global device traffic.

You should have 1+ years of backend experience, a CS degree, and a passion for shipping reliable software in an Agile team environment. On-site role in Foster City, CA with strong benefits.