Platform Engineering Manager — Core Platform (Hands-on)

Socket.dev; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous company paid medical, dental 

Unlimited PTO & 11 holidays

Wellness allowance

Commuter benefits

Healthy meals provided daily

Generous parental leave & fertility

Job summary

Verkada is seeking an experienced manager to join the Core Platform team in San Mateo, CA. You will architect, design, and lead a broad set of projects spanning frontend and backend, building the operating system for our growing IoT platform.

You will mentor engineers, drive best practices, and collaborate with Product and Design to ship features that delight customers. A strong background in full-stack development and leadership is required.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience managing, leading, and inspiring a team of engineers; including hiring, retaining, and managing performance.
• 8+ years of work experience in a software engineering roles
• Experience with both backend and frontend
• Experience working in an agile team software development environment
• Eye for design, product details, and polish
• Working knowledge of at least one server-side framework and one database system
• Degree in Computer Science or related Engineering field

Responsibilities

• Lead projects impacting our Command product- it will include both frontend and backend engineers in your team
• Be able to roll up your sleeves and actively write code or prototype new features
• Inspire your team to create highly polished and delightful user experiences
• Work closely with Product and Design to build and ship features and delight users and customers
• Collaborate with other engineering leaders to define, communicate, and execute on goals, priorities and process
• Drive the adoption of best practices, coding standards, and development methodologies to ensure the delivery of high-quality, maintainable code.
• Stay current with emerging technologies, trends, and industry developments, evaluating their potential impact on our web platforms and recommending innovative solutions.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and professional development within the web engineering team, encouraging knowledge sharing, skill-building, and career growth opportunities

Skills

Team leadership

Full-stack development

Agile methodologies

UI/UX sensitivity

Backend frameworks

Database knowledge

Hiring & coaching

Education

Bachelor's in CS or related Engineering

Tools

Server-side framework

Relational database

Job description

Verkada is seeking an experienced manager to join the Core Platform team in San Mateo, CA. You will architect, design, and lead a broad set of projects spanning frontend and backend, building the operating system for our growing IoT platform.

You will mentor engineers, drive best practices, and collaborate with Product and Design to ship features that delight customers. A strong background in full-stack development and leadership is required.