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Salary: USD 190,000 - 275,000 / annual
Verkada is a physical AI platform company protecting organizations through integrated solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management. The company serves 30,000+ customers including 100+ Fortune 500 companies, operates 2+ million devices across 170+ countries, and has achieved a $5.8B valuation with $1B+ in annualized bookings.
The Device Platform team owns the backend infrastructure connecting Verkada's cloud to deployed hardware, managing device provisioning, OTA firmware rollouts, and the licensing layer that monetizes devices. The team currently operates at millions of devices and is scaling to the next order of magnitude while maintaining enterprise-grade consistency, latency, and uptime guarantees.
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will architect and ship major platform features end-to-end, such as the IoT core, device-metrics platform, or licensing ledger. You'll lead operational improvements that increase system robustness and reduce incident response burden. A key part of the role is teaching as you ship—through design reviews, code reviews, written communication, and direct mentorship of teammates. You'll also listen to other Verkada product teams and help shape the platform roadmap toward the company's long-term strategic bets.
The team is currently five senior engineers plus a new graduate, and is hiring to support growing platform adoption across Verkada. The culture emphasizes high trust, inclusive feedback, learning out loud, and continuous improvement.
Requirements:
- 6+ years of experience building backend services with consistency, latency, and uptime guarantees at scale
- Fluency in at least one server language (Python or Go preferred; Ruby or Node.js also welcome)
- Demonstrated ability to listen to engineering teams, shape shared technical direction, and ship changes that other teams can build on without surprise
- U.S. citizenship or permanent residency (FedRAMP compliance requirement)
- Full-time onsite presence five days per week in San Mateo
- No visa sponsorship available for this role
