Senior Embedded Linux Engineer

Verkada; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare programs 100% premium coverage for employees

Health Saving Account (HSA) with employer contributions

Paid parental leave

Flexible PTO and sick time

Daily healthy lunches

Job summary

Verkada is seeking a Software Engineer to join our dynamic team focusing on cloud-managed intercom systems. The role involves developing groundbreaking products that enhance security and customer value with a lot of ownership and autonomy.

Ideal candidates will have over 7 years of experience in Linux development and be proficient in C/C++. The position offers competitive pay between $200,000 and $300,000 annually, plus various benefits aimed at supporting employee wellness and flexibility.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience working on Linux development as a Software Engineer.
• Proficient in C/C++.
• Experience working with Distributed Systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop intelligent cloud-managed intercom systems.
• Drive less-than-fully fleshed-out product ideas to completion.
• Tackle large, complex problems with no clear answers.

Skills

C/C++

Linux development

Embedded systems

Distributed Systems

Bash

Education

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

Tools

Yocto

HTTP

Linux device drivers

Job description

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 intelligent cloud‑managed Intercom systems. Intercom is our second newest major product line and is off to the best start of any product in Verkada’s history. Our Intercom allows customers to receive calls from anywhere—at their desk or on their phone—with rich video and 2‑way audio. And we have a lot more to build. We consider our team a startup within a startup, with a large 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, startups, and delivering real customer value
• 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, Math, Engineering, or science
• 7+ years of experience working on Linux development as a Software Engineer.
• Proficient in C/C++
• Preferred experience working with embedded Linux, cameras, and audio systems
• Expertise with Yocto, Bash
• Familiar with Linux servers, Linux device drivers, Linux kernel patches, secure operating systems and security focused programming.
• Familiarity with RTOS, Secure Boot, Go, WebRTC
• Experience working with Distributed Systems
• Understanding of HTTP and practical debugging techniques
• Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week
• Must be willing to travel internationally 2x a year

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
• 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).

$200,000 - $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.