Senior Backend Engineer - Access Control

Verkada; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Vision and dental coverage

HSA/FSA with employer contributions

Mental health support

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Verkada is hiring for a software engineer in San Mateo, CA to join a small, dynamic team building cloud‑managed access control systems. You will work with firmware, backend, and frontend engineers to advance our product line from concept to delivery.

The role emphasizes ownership, autonomy, and delivering end‑to‑end solutions with a strong emphasis on scalable distributed systems and agile development. This is an onsite, five‑day‑a‑week position in the United States.

Qualifications

• BS or graduate degree in Computer Science, Maths, Engineering, or science.
• 5+ years of industry software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in at least one server programming language (Python, Go).
• Experience in scalable distributed system design, including databases, queues, and blob storage.
• Experience working in an agile team software development environment.
• Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week.

Responsibilities

• Be excited by new products and startups and deliver best‑in‑class products and experiences, not just features.
• Take a less‑than‑fully‑fleshed‑out product idea and drive it to completion.
• Be a self‑motivated problem solver tackling large, complex problems with no clear answers.
• Teach and learn: own major systems and learn new technologies.
• Adopt a growth mindset: daily challenges and opportunities for growth.

Skills

Python

Go

Databases

Queues

Blob storage

Agile methodologies

Education

BS or graduate degree in Computer Science, Maths, Engineering, or science

Job description

Location

San Mateo, CA, United States.

Who We Are

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.

About the Role

We are a small, dynamic team focused on building cloud‑managed access control systems. Our Access Control solution allows users to manage their doors, schedules, and user credentials from virtually anywhere on their laptop or phone. We consider our team a startup within a startup, with a fair amount of ownership and autonomy. You’ll be working alongside a dynamic team of firmware, backend, and frontend engineers to develop this product line.

What You’ll Do

• Excited by new products and startups
• Think about delivering best‑in‑class products and experiences – not features
• Take a less‑than‑fully‑fleshed‑out product idea and drive it to completion
• Be a self‑motivated problem solver tackling large, complex problems with no clear answers
• Teach and learn: learn new technologies while being entrusted with the technical ownership of major systems
• Adopt a growth mindset: every day brings new challenges and opportunities for growth, and we want you to grow with us

What You Bring

• BS or graduate degree in Computer Science, Maths, Engineering, or science
• 5+ years of industry software engineering experience
• Proficiency in at least one common server programming language (Python, Go)
• Experience in scalable distributed system design, including databases, queues, and blob storage
• Experience working in an agile team software development environment
• Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week

US Employee Benefits

• Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet personal health and financial 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 and fertility benefits
• Time off to relax and recharge through paid holidays, firm‑wide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
• Fertility stipend
• Wellness/fitness benefits
• Healthy lunches provided daily

Visa Sponsorship

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

$150,000 - $300,000 USD

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.