Senior Backend Engineer - Access Control

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision/dental coverage

HSA employer contributions

Parental leave

Paid holidays

Lunch provided

Job summary

Verkada Inc. in San Mateo, CA is seeking a senior software engineer to help build cloud-managed access control systems. You’ll work with firmware, backend, and frontend engineers, owning major subsystems and delivering robust, scalable software from idea to production.

We require a BS or higher in CS, 5+ years of experience, and proficiency in Python or Go, plus distributed systems knowledge. The role is onsite five days a week at our San Mateo HQ.

Qualifications

• BS or graduate degree in CS, Math, Engineering, or science.
• 5+ years of industry software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Python or Go.
• Experience with scalable distributed systems and agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and own major subsystems for cloud-managed access control.
• Collaborate with firmware, backend, and frontend engineers to deliver robust software.
• Drive ideas to completion with ownership and autonomy.
• Tackle large, complex problems with limited guidance and data.
• Mentor teammates and learn new technologies while contributing to system design.
• Adapt to growth and evolving product requirements in a fast-paced startup.

Skills

Python

Go

Education

BS or graduate degree in CS/Math/Engineering/Science

Tools

Distributed systems

Databases

Queues

Blob storage

Job description

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.

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 the Role

We are a small, dynamic team focused on building cloud-managed access control systems. Access Control is our second major product line. 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
• You think about delivering best-in-class products and experiences - not features
• You can take a less-than-fully-fleshed-out product idea and drive it to completion
• Self-motivated problem solver: At Verkada, you will tackle large, complex problems with no clear answers.
• Teach and learn: You will learn new technologies while being entrusted with the technical ownership of major systems, and we hope to learn something from you in turn.
• Growth mindset: As a fast-growing startup, every day brings new challenges and opportunities for growth, and we want you to grow with us!

What You Bring

• BS or a 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

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
• Fertility Stipend
• 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).

$150,000 - $300,000 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.

Our HQ is in San Mateo and this role is not remote/hybrid.

As set forth in Verkada’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.