Senior Software Engineer - Storage Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare programs

Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage

Flexible PTO

Professional development stipend

Wellness/fitness benefits

Healthy lunches provided daily

Commuter benefits

Job summary

A leading cloud physical security company is seeking a System Software Engineer in San Mateo, CA, to manage the camera storage stack. This role involves collaborating with hardware teams and external vendors to optimize storage solutions, ensuring data integrity and reliability for video storage. Candidates should have a BS/MS in Computer Science and over 5 years of experience in C. This position requires onsite work and contributes to ensuring the security of millions of customers globally.

Qualifications

• Over 5 years of software development experience in C.
• Strong familiarity with low-level systems topics.
• Backend development experience in distributed systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the camera storage stack that enables storage of big AI models and large video files.
• Collaborate with the Hardware team and external storage vendors.
• Design new storage systems that maximize the company's goals.
• Own storage reliability metrics and use data to drive improvements.

Skills

C programming

C++

Go

low-level systems

file system layout

memory management

distributed systems

containerization

microservices

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science

Tools

Yocto

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Who We Are

Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, AI-powered platform. A leader in cloud physical security, Verkada helps organizations strengthen safety and efficiency through one connected software platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.

Over 30,000 organizations worldwide, including more than 100 companies in the Fortune 500, trust Verkada as their physical security layer for easier management, intelligent control, and scalable deployments. Founded in 2016, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices and 2,200+ full-time employees.

About the Role

The Storage team owns the distributed infrastructure that transforms every Verkada camera into an intelligent, self-contained recording device. We are the experts in edge storage, responsible for designing and optimizing the system that manages video data directly on the camera. Our mandate is to guarantee the unmatched reliability, endurance, and security of the local storage media, ensuring video is preserved instantly and securely, even during network outages. We deliver the efficiency required to store petabytes of high-quality video across millions of deployed cameras, making sure every byte is stored reliably and accessible instantly.

As a System Software Engineer (Storage), your work will directly shape how millions of people rely on the on-camera storage every day to stay safe. You'll own diverse topics on the storage stack, owning topics like ensuring integrity of NAND storage, debugging storage technologies such as the Linux MMC driver, ext4 and UBIFS filesystems. If you want to venture into topics closer to backend, you will own improving the reliability of our cloud backup system.

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

• Own the camera storage stack that enables storage of big AI models and large video files, while simultaneously maximizing storage utilization and reliability.
• Collaborate with the Hardware team and external storage vendors to define and validate the next generation of flash storage systems.
• Innovate by designing new storage systems that maximize company's goals across multiple dimensions like hardware cost, endurance, throughput.
• Own storage reliability metrics, using data to drive system improvements. Strategize with the Streaming team to develop innovative solutions for superior video retention.

What You Bring

• BS/MS in Computer Science (or similar degree).
• Over 5 years of software development experience in C, with additional experience in higher-level languages such as C++ or Go considered an asset.
• Strong familiarity with low-level systems topics, including file system layout, memory management, the Yocto build system, device drivers, kernel debugging, eBPF, and the MMC protocol.
• Huge plus: backend development experience in distributed systems, containerization and microservices (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, or similar).

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
• Professional development stipend
• Fertility Stipend
• Wellness/fitness benefits
• Healthy lunches provided daily
• Commuter benefits

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.

Pay Disclosure

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. This estimate can vary based on the factors described above, so the actual starting base pay may be above or below this range. Base pay is also just one component of Verkada's total rewards package. 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).

Estimated Hourly Pay Range

$130,000 — $280,000 USD

Estimated Annual Pay Range

$130,000 — $280,000 USD

Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

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