Senior Backend Engineer, Cloud Access Control

Verkada; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare options

Vision and dental coverage

HSA/FSA contributions

Mental health support

Parental leave and fertility benefits

Paid holidays and flexible PTO

Professional development stipend

Wellness benefits

Daily lunches

Job summary

Verkada is seeking a seasoned software engineer to join its cloud-managed access control effort in Foster City, CA. You will collaborate with firmware, backend, and frontend engineers to deliver scalable, secure systems for door management and credentials from laptops or mobile devices.

The role requires 5+ years of software engineering experience, proficiency in Python or Go, and a track record in distributed system design within an agile environment. Onsite work five days per week is expected.

Qualifications

• 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

• Own major systems with technical ownership across firmware, backend, and frontend teams.
• Drive ideas from concept to completion with a startup mindset.
• Tackle large, complex problems with minimal guidance and high autonomy.
• Learn new technologies and contribute technical mentorship to the team.

Skills

5+ years software engineering

Python/Go server programming

Distributed systems design

Agile software development

Onsite 5 days/week

Education

BS or higher in CS, Maths, Engineering, or science

Job description

Verkada is seeking a seasoned software engineer to join its cloud-managed access control effort in Foster City, CA. You will collaborate with firmware, backend, and frontend engineers to deliver scalable, secure systems for door management and credentials from laptops or mobile devices.

The role requires 5+ years of software engineering experience, proficiency in Python or Go, and a track record in distributed system design within an agile environment. Onsite work five days per week is expected.