Engineering Manager, Access Control

Verkada Inc.; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 315,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Medical, vision, dental insurance

HSA with employer contributions

Mental health support

Parental leave and fertility benefits

Paid holidays and flexible PTO

Wellness benefits

Healthy daily lunches

Job summary

Verkada is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Access Control team to lead frontend and backend engineers, driving production-ready features across cloud, web, and edge services. You will guide architecture, performance, and reliability while mentoring a growing team in a highly scalable environment.

You will collaborate with Product, Design, Firmware, and Mobile teams to define roadmaps, own major initiatives, and ensure delivery from concept to production with a strong focus on operational

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience with Python, Go, or React.
• 1+ year of people management experience.
• Strong software architecture and distributed systems experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead frontend and backend software engineers through coaching and hiring.
• Own delivery for major customer-facing initiatives from concept to production.
• Partner with Product Management, Design, Firmware and Mobile to define roadmaps and drive execution.
• Set technical direction while empowering engineers to make architectural decisions.
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence with code reviews and testing.
• Build reliable, observable, and scalable distributed systems powering real-time events.
• Improve engineering processes and team health while maintaining quality.
• Participate in hiring to build an exceptional engineering organization.

Skills

Python

Go

React

People management

Production software

System design

Distributed systems

Communication skills

Education

BachelorA0 degree in Computer Science

Job description

Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.

We’ve got serious momentum in the market: more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), a $5.8B valuation , more than $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, Next47 and more. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it.

You can look at all kinds of communities to see our platform’s impact in the world. It's the retailer that uses our agentic AI to deter theft before it happens. The warehouse that uses AI-powered alerts to make sure its team is protected on the floor with proper PPE. The school that’s alerted to a threat in real-time and triggers a lockdown in seconds, not minutes. We’re rapidly scaling this impact: today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries.

About This Role

At Verkada, we’re building the operating system for the physical world. Our Access Control team develops the software that securely manages millions of door events every day, connecting cloud services, mobile apps, web applications, and edge hardware into a seamless customer experience.

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager who enjoys building products, growing engineers, and solving difficult technical problems. This role is ideal for someone who has spent years writing production software and now wants to multiply their impact by leading a high-performing engineering team.

What You'll Do

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of frontend and backend software engineers through coaching, regular feedback, career development, and hiring.
• Own delivery for major customer-facing initiatives from concept through production.
• Partner closely with Product Management, Design, Firmware, Mobile, and other engineering teams to define roadmaps and execute against ambitious goals.
• Drive technical direction while empowering engineers to make architectural decisions.
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence through thoughtful code reviews, design discussions, testing, and operational discipline.
• Help build highly reliable, observable, and scalable distributed systems that power millions of real-time events.
• Improve engineering processes, execution, and team health while maintaining a high quality bar.
• Participate in hiring and help build an exceptional engineering organization.

What You Bring

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant experience in Python, Go, or React
• 1+ years managing software engineers.
• Experience building production software across both frontend and backend systems.
• Strong software architecture and system design skills.
• Experience designing and operating distributed systems in production.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large cross-functional technical projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to attract, hire, mentor, and retain exceptional engineers.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

US Employee Benefits

Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:

• Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans
• Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
• Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
• Expanded mental health support
• Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
• Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
• Wellness/fitness benefits
• Healthy lunches provided daily

Additional Information

• We do sponsor and take over sponsorship of employment visas for this role. If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa.

Annual Pay Range

At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs)

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

$200,000 - $315,000 USD

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.