Business Systems Sr. Software Engineer @ Verkada

Business Systems Sr. Software Engineer

Posted on 2/2/2022

INACTIVE

501-1,000 employees

Video & sensor-based security systems for enterprises

Company Overview

Verkada's mission is to be the essential physical security software layer for every building, and the foundation of a larger enterprise IoT infrastructure.

Locations

London, UK

Experience Level

Entry

Junior

Mid

Senior

Expert

Desired Skills

Groovy

JavaScript

HTML/CSS

Java

Sales

Salesforce

CategoriesNew

Software Engineering

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent field, from a top program preferred
5+ years professional experience, with at least 2 years of software development or engineering experience
Systems and software development experience: you need to be able to write production code efficiently. You are a hacker
You like making people work better. If you're the kind of person that gets satisfaction about building a tool that makes everyone's life at work just a little better every day, you will love this job
Design sensibility - we pride ourselves on building an intuitive product. We want our employees' experience with their internal tools to be the same
Process and operational thinking - you can tackle a problem independently and quickly iterate to a solution, and then also document it in a way that's easy to understand for all audiences (especially non-technical ones!)
Project management and attention to detail: you'll need to be able to scope out a project based on requirements outlined by an end user, find all the resources required to complete the project, and push project to completion with 1-4 team members
2+ years of experience working on the Salesforce platform
Prior tech company or startup experience a plus

Responsibilities

Your job is to write software that makes the company work well at scale. Make our systems work efficiently and reliably
Decide when to build from scratch and when to use existing tools
Work closely with the core software engineering team to integrate our product with our back end systems
Lead other engineers in team initiatives and projectsWrite software in Apex, Groovy, SuiteScript, Javascript, and Java
Support the business requirements of 5 departments and prioritize work based on impact and cost
Example projects might include building components to visualize geographic data in Salesforce, or integrating and synchronizing our financial, sales, and fulfillment system databases
You should be comfortable learning new systems and APIs quickly, e.g., Salesforce Apex, and be comfortable with basic web technologies like HTML, JavaScript, restful APIs, and so forth

Who We Are

Verkada is the largest cloud-based B2B physical security platform company in the world. Only Verkada offers seven product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, visitor management, mailroom management 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 14 offices across three continents, 1,500+ full-time employees and 15,700+ customers across 70+ countries, including 43 companies in the Fortune 500.

Overview

As a member of our Systems Engineering team, you will lead, architect, and own the systems and processes that impact the Verkada sales, order, finance, and support teams. As our Salesforce org is still young, your decisions will have a massive impact, and you will have the chance to work with the latest Salesforce technology stack.

Responsibilities

Your job is to write software that makes the company work well at scale. Make our systems work efficiently and reliably.
Decide when to build from scratch and when to use existing tools.
Work closely with the core software engineering team to integrate our product with our back end systems.
Lead other engineers in team initiatives and projectsWrite software in Apex, Groovy, SuiteScript, Javascript, and Java.
Support the business requirements of 5 departments and prioritize work based on impact and cost
Example projects might include building components to visualize geographic data in Salesforce, or integrating and synchronizing our financial, sales, and fulfillment system databases.
You should be comfortable learning new systems and APIs quickly, e.g., Salesforce Apex, and be comfortable with basic web technologies like HTML, JavaScript, restful APIs, and so forth.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent field, from a top program preferred.
5+ years professional experience, with at least 2 years of software development or engineering experience.
Systems and software development experience: you need to be able to write production code efficiently. You are a hacker.
You like making people work better. If you’re the kind of person that gets satisfaction about building a tool that makes everyone’s life at work just a little better every day, you will love this job.
Design sensibility - we pride ourselves on building an intuitive product. We want our employees’ experience with their internal tools to be the same.
Process and operational thinking - you can tackle a problem independently and quickly iterate to a solution, and then also document it in a way that’s easy to understand for all audiences (especially non-technical ones!).
Project management and attention to detail: you’ll need to be able to scope out a project based on requirements outlined by an end user, find all the resources required to complete the project, and push project to completion with 1-4 team members.
2+ years of experience working on the Salesforce platform.
Prior tech company or startup experience a plus.

Perks & Benefits

Generous company paid medical & dental insurance coverage
Fertility benefits
Wellness allowance
Monthly commuter benefits
Kitchen filled with drinks and snacks & daily food allowance when working from the office

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.