Senior Frontend Engineer, Business Systems

Verkada; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare programs

Nationwide medical, vision, and dental coverage

Health Saving Account (HSA)

Expanded mental health support

Paid parental leave

Flexible PTO

Wellness/fitness benefits

Healthy lunches provided daily

Job summary

Verkada, located in San Mateo, CA, is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to enhance user interfaces that facilitate interactions between Verkada's customers and products. The ideal candidate will have over four years of experience in software engineering and a passion for customer-centric design.

Being part of a fast-paced startup environment, responsibilities include UI/UX design, project leadership, and mentoring junior engineers. Verkada offers a competitive salary range of $180,000 to $280,000 and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experienced in shipping customer-facing products or internal tools.
• Passionate about enhancing end-customer experiences.

Responsibilities

• Design efficient UI/UX for Verkada partners.
• Collaborate with PMs for transaction process improvements.
• Mentor junior engineers and lead projects from ideation to release.

Skills

Frontend development

Customer-facing products

Agile/flexible mindset

Modern Front End frameworks

Customer empathy

Tools

Salesforce

NetSuite

HRIS platforms

Job description

Senior Frontend Engineer, Business Systems

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.

We’re rapidly scaling this impact: today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries.

About the Role

As a member of our Business Systems Engineering team, you will build or improve tools that are used daily by Verkada resellers, external integration platforms, and internal teams across the company. Our goal is to find bottlenecks and friction points, drive process improvements, and come up with technical solutions. Our team is the custodian of data that is used by finance, orders, supply chain, and people teams. We emphasize automation over operation, metrics over anecdotes, iteration over perfection, and being proactive over responsive.

We are committed to a thriving in‑office culture. This role requires you to be onsite at our HQ in San Mateo, CA.

What You’ll Do

• Design and implement simple and efficient UI/UX that allow Verkada partners to interact with Verkada
• Work with PMs to simplify and enhance the overall Verkada transaction process
• Develop customer empathy to propose improvements to systems
• Lead projects from ideation to release
• Help and mentor junior engineers

What You Bring

• 4+ years of software engineering with a focus on Front End development
• Shipped customer‑facing products or internal tools in the past
• Flexible and adaptive in a fast‑paced startup environment
• Passion for end‑customer experience
• In‑depth expertise in modern Front End frameworks or e‑Commerce Web Platforms
• Bonus: Experience with Salesforce, NetSuite, or HRIS platforms

US Employee Benefits

• 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, firm‑wide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
• Fertility stipend
• Wellness/fitness benefits
• Healthy lunches provided daily

Visa Sponsorship

We sponsor and take over sponsorship of employment visas for this role. If an offer is extended, we will make every reasonable effort to obtain 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, skills and experience, market demands, and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on the role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs).

Annual on‑target earnings (OTE) range for full‑time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable): $180,000 – $280,000 USD.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.