Software Engineer @ Verkada

Who We Are

Verkada is the largest cloud-based B2B physical security platform company in the world. Only 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 with more than $360M in funding raised to date, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices across three continents, 1,600+ full-time employees and 17,000+ customers across 70+ countries, including 45 companies in the Fortune 500.

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

Generous company paid medical, dental & vision insurance coverage
Unlimited paid time off & 11 companywide paid holidays
Wellness allowance
Commuter benefits
Healthy lunches and dinners provided daily
Generous paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits

Verkada is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to be a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work. A big part of that effort is support for members and allies of our internal communities like Women at Verkada, Pride at Verkada, Multicultural at Verkada, and Parents at Verkada.

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$444.3M

Founded

2016

Headquarters

San Mateo, California

6 month growth

1 year growth

2 year growth

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