Senior Backend Engineer - Access Control

Verkada • San Mateo, CA

3h • $150,000 - $300,000 • Onsite

About The Position

We are a small, dynamic team focused on building cloud-managed access control systems. Access Control is our second major product line. Our Access Control solution allows users to manage their doors, schedules, and user credentials from virtually anywhere on their laptop or phone. 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 firmware, backend, and frontend engineers to develop this product line.

Requirements

• BS or a graduate degree in Computer Science, Maths, Engineering, or science
• 5+ years of industry software engineering experience
• Proficiency in at least one common server programming language (Python, Go)
• Experience in scalable distributed system design, including databases, queues and blob storage
• Experience working in an agile team software development environment
• Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week

Responsibilities

• 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
• Self-motivated problem solver: At Verkada, you will tackle large, complex problems with no clear answers.
• Teach and learn: You will learn new technologies while being entrusted with the technical ownership of major systems, and we hope to learn something from you in turn.
• Growth mindset: As a fast-growing startup, every day brings new challenges and opportunities for growth, and we want you to grow with us!

Benefits

• Comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources
• 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
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
• Expanded mental health support
• Paid parental leave policy
• Fertility benefits
• Paid holidays
• Firmwide extended holidays
• Flexible PTO
• Personal sick time
• Professional development stipend
• Fertility Stipend
• Wellness/fitness benefits
• Healthy lunches provided daily
• Commuter benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree