Verkada Inc.

Senior-Staff Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure

Verkada Inc.$180K — $280K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or similar field
  • Experience in Python and/or Go
  • Familiarity with major cloud platforms, particularly AWS
  • Strong communication skills
  • Experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, and service meshes like Istio preferred
  • Eagerness to learn about new infrastructure products

Responsibilities

  • Identify and lead projects focused on scalability, reliability, and efficiency
  • Influence platform features and direction
  • Provide technical support for team engineers
  • Coordinate with cross-functional teams to achieve strategic outcomes
  • Mentor junior engineers and establish best practices

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage with 100% premium coverage for employees
  • Nationwide medical, vision, and dental plans
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions
  • Expanded mental health support
  • Paid parental leave and fertility benefits
  • Flexible paid time off, including firmwide extended holidays
  • Professional development stipend
  • Wellness and fitness program
  • Daily healthy lunches provided
  • Commuter benefits
Full Job Description
About the Role

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.

We are committed to a thriving in-office culture. This role requires you to be onsite at our HQ in San Mateo, CA.
What You'll Do
  • 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.
What You Bring
  • 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
  • Experience with Terraform is preferred
  • Experience with Kubernetes is preferred
  • Experience with a service mesh such as Istio is preferred
US Employee Benefits

Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:
  • 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
Additional Information
  • We do sponsor and take over sponsorship of employment visas for this role. If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa.


Pay Disclosure

At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. This estimate can vary based on the factors described above, so the actual starting base pay may be above or below this range. Base pay is also just one component of Verkada's total rewards package. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Estimated Hourly Pay Range

$130,000-$280,000 USD

Annual Pay Range

At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs)

Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).

Estimated Annual Pay Range

$180,000-$280,000 USD

About Verkada Inc.

Verkada Inc. is a technology company that specializes in security cameras and video surveillance systems. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. Verkada's cameras are designed to be easy to install and use, and they offer features such as facial recognition and license plate recognition. The company's customers include schools, hospitals, and businesses. Verkada has raised over $140 million in funding to date and is backed by several venture capital firms.
Learn more about Verkada Inc.
Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
2016

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