Engineering Manager: Access Control & Scalable Systems

Polluxa, Inc.; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare program options

Vision and dental coverage

Job summary

Verkada, Inc. in California is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team of frontend and backend engineers, grow the team, and multiply impact by guiding production software.

You will own delivery for major customer-facing initiatives from concept through production, and partner with Product, Design, Firmware, Mobile, and other teams to define roadmaps and drive architecture. The role emphasizes coaching, code reviews, observability, and building reliable distributed systems powering

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 1+ years managing software engineers.
• Experience building production software across 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Python

Go

React

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Job description

Verkada, Inc. in California is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team of frontend and backend engineers, grow the team, and multiply impact by guiding production software.

You will own delivery for major customer-facing initiatives from concept through production, and partner with Product, Design, Firmware, Mobile, and other teams to define roadmaps and drive architecture. The role emphasizes coaching, code reviews, observability, and building reliable distributed systems powering