Staff/Senior Software Engineer - Platform Infrastructure

Verkada; San Mateo, California, City of Rochester (CA, MO, NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Software Engineer, where you'll architect and develop solutions for a robust infrastructure. This role offers the chance to work on exciting projects, such as implementing service meshes and optimizing video storage systems. You'll lead cross-team initiatives, mentor colleagues, and establish best practices, all while contributing to a culture that values innovation and collaboration. With comprehensive wellness perks and a commitment to employee wellbeing, this position promises both professional growth and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Healthcare programs

Paid parental leave

Flexible PTO

Professional development stipend

Wellness/fitness benefits

Healthy lunches provided

Commuter benefits

Expanded mental health support

Qualifications

• Experience in Python and/or Go is essential.
• Strong communication skills are required for this role.
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS.

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts related to scalability, reliability, and efficiency.
• Influence platform features with innovative ideas.
• Provide technical support for team engineers.

Skills

Python

Go

Cloud Platforms

Communication Skills

Infrastructure Knowledge

Education

BS in Computer Science

MS in Computer Science

PhD in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Service Mesh (Istio)

Job description

Who We Are

Verkada is a leader in cloud-based B2B physical security. Verkada offers six product lines - video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace and intercoms - integrated with a single cloud-based software platform.

Designed with simplicity and scalability in mind, Verkada gives organizations the real-time insight to know what could impact the safety and comfort of people throughout their physical environment, while empowering them to take immediate action to minimize security risks, workplace frustrations and costly inefficiencies.

Founded in 2016, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices across three continents, 2,100+ full-time employees and 30,000+ customers across 70+ countries.

Overview

As a Senior Software Engineer on this team, you will help architect, design and develop projects targeted at making Verkada's infrastructure the most reliable and cost efficient while scaling to millions of connected devices. Example projects include rolling out a service mesh or designing a cost efficient service ingesting and storing terabytes of video footage. You'll have the opportunity to lead cross-team efforts, mentor your team members and establish engineering best practices across the entire organization.

Responsibilities:

• Identify and lead critical efforts related to scalability, reliability and efficiency;


• Influence the features and direction of our platform with your own ideas;


• Provide technical support for engineers on team;


• Align with product and org objectives, and coordinate with cross-functional teams on delivering key results.

Requirements:

• Must have a BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, or similar technical field of study


• Experience and enthusiasm for learning about new infrastructure products, features, and strategies


• Comfortable with working at the frontier of infrastructure and software development


• Experience in Python and/or Go


• Experience with one of the major cloud platforms (preferably AWS)


• Strong written and verbal communications

Nice to have:

• Experience with Terraform


• Experience with Kubernetes


• Experience with a service mesh such as Istio

Perks & 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

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).

Estimated Annual Pay Range

$130,000—$280,000 USD

Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

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