Join a dynamic team as a Senior Backend Software Engineer to drive product development in a high-growth environment.
Posted by employer 6 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago
Last verified on the company career page 9 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
AI in the day-to-day
Verkada uses AI to enhance security solutions and improve product features.
Requirements
- Experience
- 6+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Visa
- Sponsorship available
Not disclosed in this posting: work arrangement.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Backend Software Engineer at Verkada will focus on developing and enhancing backend systems for their security products, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams. Key skills include expertise in Python or GoLang, experience with relational databases like Postgres, and a strong background in architecting scalable systems. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a startup mentality who are comfortable taking ownership of projects and driving them to completion. The team operates with a high degree of autonomy, reflecting the company's dynamic growth environment.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Verkada's careers page October 27, 2026.
- Salary band is below the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 4% of 165 comparable senior backend roles in United States that list Python we track (median $173,000 across 66 companies). See Python salary trends
- Python appears in 41.5% of 532 comparable senior backend roles in United States; Golang appears in 7% of 532 comparable senior backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- What's the salary range?
- Verkada lists $130,000–$260,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 6 years of relevant experience for this Senior Backend Software Engineer - Workplace Products role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Golang, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Python.
- 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 Software Engineer - Workplace Products role at Verkada.
From the original posting
Who We Are
About the Role
We are a small, dynamic team and are looking for software engineers who thrive in a high growth environment working alongside teammates to launch products and features that will be utilized by customers across the globe. As part of the Software Engineering team, you’ll have ownership of one or more projects on various product or platform facing teams. You will work across the full software stack and collaborate cross functionally to build the latest iterations of Verkada’s flagship software, enabling our best-in-class security systems.
We consider our team a startup within a startup, with a fair amount of ownership and autonomy. You’ll be working alongside a dynamic team of mobile, and frontend engineers to develop this product line.
Who You Are
- Excited by new products and startups
- You think about delivering best-in-class products and experiences - not features
- You can take a less-than-fully-fleshed-out product idea and drive it to completion
- BS or a graduate degree in Computer Science, Maths, Engineering, or science
What You Bring
- 6+ years of industry backend software engineering experience
- 2+ years of professional experience as a backend engineer at a rapidly growing start up or innovative company.
- Experience driving technical direction and leading teams on project execution.
- Architect scalable systems and design latency sensitive applications.
- Experience collaborating cross functionally to design complex systems with simple and robust backend APIs
- History of shipping out significant products. We are looking for someone who can own backend systems end-to-end.
- Ownership mentality, resolving problems that span beyond team boundaries
- Deep expertise with relational databases. Postgres experience a plus
- Demonstrated expertise in either Python or GoLang
- Experience with Kubernetes a plus
Bonus point:
- Experience building messaging systems, with a proven track record of designing and maintaining highly available, distributed messaging architectures (e.g., mass notification systems), and a strong understanding of the SMS ecosystem, including throughput management, carrier delivery nuances, and global compliance.
- 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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