Backend Engineer — Scalable Distributed Systems

Verkada Inc.; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plans

Vision & dental coverage

HSA & FSA

Mental health support

Parental leave

Paid holidays & PTO

Wellness benefits

Daily lunches

Job summary

Verkada Inc. is seeking a backend engineer to help build scalable, distributed systems for the Connectivity Team. You will work with Redis, DynamoDB, Postgres, Kafka, and SQS, and deploy services via Terraform and Kubernetes.

You’ll design high-throughput APIs in Python and/or Go, collaborate in an agile team, and help deliver secure, reliable products used by thousands of devices worldwide.

Qualifications

• Backend engineering experience in a production environment.
• Proficiency with Python and/or Go.
• Experience with REST APIs and reading code is a plus.
• Comfortable working in an agile development environment.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable distributed systems capable of handling high traffic from thousands of devices.
• Work with high concurrency key-value storage (Redis, DynamoDB).
• Work with Postgres relational databases.
• Work with logging and messaging systems 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 incorporating cutting-edge computer vision.
• Design clean APIs implemented in Python and/or Go.

Skills

Backend engineering

Python

Go

REST APIs

Agile methodologies

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Verkada Inc. is seeking a backend engineer to help build scalable, distributed systems for the Connectivity Team. You will work with Redis, DynamoDB, Postgres, Kafka, and SQS, and deploy services via Terraform and Kubernetes.

You’ll design high-throughput APIs in Python and/or Go, collaborate in an agile team, and help deliver secure, reliable products used by thousands of devices worldwide.