Senior Embedded Video Streaming Engineer

Verkada; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Parental leave policy

Paid time off & holidays

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Verkada is hiring a Senior Systems Engineer (Video Streaming) to design and implement streaming features for 1M+ cameras. You will work across firmware, backend, and client teams to build a high-performance streaming capture experience while also improving firmware efficiency and security.

The role requires hands-on experience with video codecs, multimedia frameworks, and streaming protocols, and includes onsite work five days a week in a dynamic, growth-focused environment.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science or similar degree.
• 5+ years of embedded systems development with focus on video streaming.
• Proficiency in C/C++ for embedded Linux environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize embedded video encoding and streaming pipelines for Verkada's camera and security devices.
• Implement and tune hardware-accelerated video codecs (H.264, H.265/HEVC, AV1) for performance, quality, and low power consumption.
• Build and extend multimedia frameworks (GStreamer, FFmpeg) to support real-time video capture, processing, and delivery.
• Integrate and optimize streaming protocols (RTSP, RTP, RTMP, HLS, DASH, WebRTC) for low-latency, reliable video transport at scale.
• Profile and optimize startup time (TTFF), latency, rebuffering, and overall video QoE metrics.
• Debug issues in encoding pipelines, transport layers, and device utilization (CPU/GPU/ISP).

Skills

C/C++

Embedded Linux

Video streaming

RTSP/RTMP/WebRTC

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science

Tools

GStreamer

FFmpeg

Job description

Verkada is hiring a Senior Systems Engineer (Video Streaming) to design and implement streaming features for 1M+ cameras. You will work across firmware, backend, and client teams to build a high-performance streaming capture experience while also improving firmware efficiency and security.

The role requires hands-on experience with video codecs, multimedia frameworks, and streaming protocols, and includes onsite work five days a week in a dynamic, growth-focused environment.