Senior Backend Engineer - Device Platform
About The Position
The Device Platform team owns the backend between Verkada’s cloud and its hardware, including device provisioning, over-the-air firmware rollout, and the licensing layer. The team is scaling the platform beyond millions of devices while maintaining the consistency, latency, and uptime enterprise customers depend on. It is also building an IoT core used by product teams across Verkada, requiring cross-team alignment as well as deep systems design. Senior engineers architect, ship, and support major platform capabilities while teaching and enabling teammates. The team currently has five senior engineers and a new graduate joining this summer, and is growing as the platform’s reach expands. The role requires U.S. citizenship or permanent residency for FedRAMP compliance and onsite presence five days per week.
Requirements
- At least 6 years of experience building backend services with consistency, latency, and uptime guarantees at scale.
- Fluency in at least one server language; Python or Go preferred, with adjacent languages such as Ruby or JavaScript (NodeJs) welcome.
- Ability to listen to other engineering teams, shape shared technical direction, and ship changes other teams can build on without surprise.
- U.S. citizenship or permanent residency for FedRAMP compliance.
- Ability to work onsite five days per week.
Responsibilities
- Design and lead major platform features end-to-end, such as the IoT core, device-metrics platform, or licensing ledger.
- Lead operational improvements that increase system robustness and reduce pager noise.
- Help the team learn from incidents.
- Teach and mentor through design reviews, code reviews, written communication, and direct mentorship.
- Listen to other Verkada teams and help guide the platform roadmap toward the company’s long-term priorities.
- Architect, ship, and support platform work while collaborating across teams.
Benefits
- Healthcare programs, with employee premiums 100% covered under at least one plan and family premiums 80% covered under all plans.
- Nationwide medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account.
- Expanded mental health support.
- Paid parental leave and fertility benefits.
- Paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO, and personal sick time.
- Professional development stipend.
- Wellness and fitness benefits.
- Healthy lunches provided daily.
- Commuter benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
