Senior Software Engineer - Business Systems Data Infrastructure

Verkada
San Mateo, CA United StatesPosted 24 February 2026

Job Description

<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong>Who We Are</strong></h3> <p>Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, AI-powered platform. A leader in cloud physical security, Verkada helps organizations strengthen safety and efficiency through one connected software platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.<br><br>Over 30,000 organizations worldwide, including more than 100 companies in the Fortune 500, trust Verkada as their physical security layer for easier management, intelligent control, and scalable deployments. Founded in 2016, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices and 2,200+ full-time employees.</p></div><h3><strong>About the Role</strong></h3> <p>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 org is still young, your decisions will have a massive impact, and you will have the chance to work with the latest technology stack.</p> <h3><strong>What You'll Do</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Design and implement technical solutions that will span between AWS and Salesforce</li> <li>Improve systems observability and invest in reliability correctness of data</li> <li>Develop customer empathy to propose improvements to systems</li> <li>Lead projects from ideation to release</li> <li>Help and mentor junior engineers</li> </ul> <h3><strong>What You Bring</strong></h3> <ul> <li>5+ years of software engineering with a focus on distributed systems at scale</li> <li>Shipped customer facing products or internal tools in the past</li> <li>Flexible and adaptive in a fast-paced startup environment</li> <li>Passion for observability and reliability</li> <li>In-depth expertise in distributed systems and data processing</li> <li>AWS Cloud experience touching foundational blocks like: Kubernetes, Fargate, Lambda, Airflow, Athena, DynamoDB, VPC, and EC2.</li> <li>Bonus: Experience with data infrastructure and data analytics</li> </ul> <h3><strong>US Employee Benefits</strong></h3> <p>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:</p> <ul> <li>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</li> <li>Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage</li> <li>Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options</li> <li>Expanded mental health support</li> <li>Paid parental leave policy fertility benefits</li> <li>Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time</li> <li>Professional development stipend</li> <li>Fertility stipend</li> <li>Wellness/fitness benefits</li> <li>Healthy lunches provided daily</li> <li>Commuter benefits</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Additional Information</strong></h3> <ul> <li>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.</li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span class="C9DxTc ">Annual Pay Range</span></strong></span></p> <p>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 prim ... (truncated, view full listing at source)