Engineering Manager, Spatial Platform & Atlas Maps

Verkada Inc.; San Mateo (CA); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 315,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare programs

Nationwide medical, vision and dental

HSA/FSA with employer contributions

Mental health support

Parental leave

Job summary

Verkada is building Atlas, the founding Maps team responsible for a high-performance Spatial Platform that powers Cameras, Access Control, Sensors, Alarms, and Admin across Verkada’s product suite. You will own the V1 image pipeline, establish architectural standards, and scale the platform to 8+ product lines.

You will lead a small founding team, shaping engineering culture, RFC processes, and collaboration with product teams to deliver a unified spatial experience at scale.

Qualifications

• Experience shipping zero-to-one software builds and turning vision into a working platform.
• Strong strategic communication across product teams to ensure consistent UX.
• Deep knowledge of frontend architectures and rendering performance.
• Experience building data pipelines and ML-ready data processing.

Responsibilities

• Act as a "Player-Coach" to build the V1 of the Spatial System from the ground up.
• Lead the design of a modular, plugin-based architecture and define SDKs/APIs.
• Oversee data ingestion from blueprints, CAD files, and high-res imagery into vector data.
• Build and mentor the founding Atlas team (4–6 engineers).
• Negotiate technical boundaries with other Product EMs for a unified UX.

Skills

Execution bias

Strategic communication

UI depth & sophistication

Data pipeline & ML maturity

Tools

React

WebGL/WebGPU

Swift/Kotlin

Job description

Verkada is building Atlas, the founding Maps team responsible for a high-performance Spatial Platform that powers Cameras, Access Control, Sensors, Alarms, and Admin across Verkada’s product suite. You will own the V1 image pipeline, establish architectural standards, and scale the platform to 8+ product lines.

You will lead a small founding team, shaping engineering culture, RFC processes, and collaboration with product teams to deliver a unified spatial experience at scale.