Join Verkada as a Senior Backend Engineer to design scalable systems for a rapidly growing AI-powered security platform.
Posted by employer 2 days ago
First seen on Joblaze 19 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 19 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Design scalable control planes and data primitives
- Build scalable distributed systems
- Spin up new services in a microservices architecture
Must have
- Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Software Engineering
- 4+ years of relevant industry experience
- Mastery of at least one of Python or Go
- Experience with relational databases
- Experience with cloud service providers
Nice to have
- Experience with React
- Experience with GRPC and API specifications
Practical constraints
- Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week
AI in the day-to-day
Verkada uses AI to enhance security solutions, including real-time alerts and proactive theft deterrence.
Requirements
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Visa
- Sponsorship available
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Backend Engineer at Verkada focuses on designing and building scalable control planes and distributed systems to support the company's extensive product offerings. Key skills include proficiency in Python or Go, experience with relational databases, and familiarity with cloud services like AWS or GCP. This position is ideal for engineers with over four years of experience in developing access systems for large user bases. Verkada's emphasis on privacy-sensitive AI solutions positions the team at the forefront of a significant technological shift.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Verkada's careers page October 3, 2026.
- This exact title is also open at 1 other location at Verkada: San Mateo, CA United States.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 44% of 155 comparable senior backend roles in United States that list Python we track (median $173,000 across 65 companies). See Python salary trends
- Python appears in 41.2% of 512 comparable senior backend roles in United States; Memcached appears in 0.2% of 512 comparable senior backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Backend Engineer role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in San Mateo, CA, United States.
- What's the salary range?
- Verkada lists $170,000–$260,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 4 years of relevant experience for this Senior Backend Engineer role.
- Where is the role based?
- Verkada is hiring for this position in San Mateo, CA, United States.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Azure, GCP, Go, Kafka, Memcached.
- Does Verkada sponsor work visas for this role?
- Yes — the posting indicates visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Verkada targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Backend Engineer role at Verkada.
From the original posting
Who We Are
About the Role
We are looking for experienced back-end engineers to join the Verkada Core Command team. We are scaling out the Auth, Users, Roles and Audit capabilities of Verkada's core products to service the largest organizations in the world.
What You'll Do
- Design scalable control planes and data primitives for all Verkada products
- Build scalable distributed systems capable of handling high traffic from hundreds of thousands of devices deployed around the world.
- Spin up new services in a microservices architecture
What You Bring
- Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Software Engineering
- 4+ years of relevant industry experience
- Experience in building and scaling access systems to millions of users around the world
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Mastery of at least one of Python or Go
- Experience with relational databases (Postgres, MySQL)
- Experience with key-value storage systems (Redis, Memcached)
- Experience with distributed queueing (Kafka) and caching (Redis, Memcached)
- Experience with cloud service providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Experience with React
- Experience with GRPC and API specifications
- Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week
- 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
Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer
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