Principal Architect, AI Ecosystem & Partner Integrations

Verkada•United States, CA

22h•$265,000 - $330,000

About The Position

Verkada is seeking a Principal Architect, AI Ecosystem & Partner Integrations to define the technical architecture, integration patterns, and development standards for third-party integrations into the Verkada platform. This role will collaborate with the Partner Integrations team to maintain strong technical relationships with integration partners, ensuring integrations are well-designed, stable, secure, and supportable. A primary responsibility is establishing technical standards and best practices for Verkada’s partner integration ecosystem, including source control, code review, API usage, documentation, security, design patterns, and testing. The architect will also create tools, frameworks, and reference architectures like developer toolkits, API wrappers, sample code, and validation automation to simplify integration for partners and field teams. Collaboration with Product and Field leadership is crucial to align external partner efforts with customer needs, product direction, and field execution. This senior technical leader will contribute to a scalable ecosystem strategy that drives customer value, partner innovation, field adoption, and platform differentiation.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in building API level integrations between companies
Previous experience building and managing these integrations as well as organizing how integrations are supported once delivered to customers
Excellent communication and Customer Facing/Partner Facing skills to ensure that all work supports the larger Verkada goals
Ability to work with many internal and external parties at the same time in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with a strong sense of accountability and adaptability.
Passion for technology, education, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Provide senior technical architecture and guidance for third-party integrations into the Verkada platform, helping partners and internal teams design integrations that are stable, scalable, secure, and supportable.
Build “hello world” demonstrations, reference applications, and “art of the possible” examples that partners and Verkada SEs can use to showcase what is possible with Verkada APIs and AI-enabled workflows.
Create reusable software, API wrappers, integration templates, sample code, and developer resources that simplify integration work for partners, targeted customers, and the Verkada Field.
Establish and maintain technical standards for partner integration development, including source control practices, code review expectations, API usage guidelines, documentation requirements, testing standards, and development best practices.
Work closely with integration partners to identify API gaps, integration friction, scalability concerns, and opportunities to improve the developer experience.
Partner with Product teams to translate integration learnings into product enhancements, API improvements, roadmap feedback, and more scalable integration patterns.
Own technical validation of partner integration designs and software, where appropriate, to ensure integrations are efficient, reliable, and do not create unnecessary stress on API transaction rates or platform performance.
Drive adoption of reusable integration patterns and coding standards across partners, Partner Integrations, and the Verkada Field community.
Help make Verkada the easiest physical security platform for third parties to integrate with by improving technical patterns, partner tooling, API usability, and field-ready examples.
Build technical presentations and enablement materials that explain the value, use cases, architecture, differentiation, and technical operation of each integration for consumption by the Verkada Field and partners.