Staff Frontend Engineer - Interactive Maps

Verkada • San Mateo, CA

175d • $160,000 - $230,000

About The Position

We are actively looking for a founding member of a new team that will build a collaborative offline-first visual floorplan editor. It's like Figma for planning out and managing the security infrastructure of complex multi-building campuses. Join a small dynamic team that loves learning and applying the newest frontend technologies to create a beautiful realtime editing surface. You will work closely with Product, Design, and Engineers to develop great user experiences -- not just features -- and to help build and scale a web-based platform that will support a suite of connected devices for enterprise customers at scale.

Requirements

• 7+ years of industry software engineering experience
• Degree in Computer Science (or Engineering equivalent)
• Mastery of JavaScript: Scoping, closures, contexts, prototypes, classes, etc.
• React expertise, including common state and data libraries (React Query, Zustand, etc.)
• Thorough understanding of coordinate system conversions and projections
• Eye for design, product details, and polish
• Excited to both teach and learn from engineers that have less formal experience

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of at least one server-side framework and one database system
• Experience with real-time collaborative applications
• Understanding of offline-first architectures (CRDTs, Operational Transforms)
• Experience with 2D graphics libraries (Canvas API, Konva.js, or similar)
• WebGL or GPU programming experience
• GIS experience (PostGIS, QGIS, ArcGIS, or web mapping libraries)

Responsibilities

• Build a sync engine for an offline-first collaborative editor
• Implement visually engaging and rich interfaces for displaying camera line-of-sight in complex real-world environments
• Experiment with cutting-edge browser features to find their opportunities and limitations
• Mentor teammates on frontend best practices and architectural patterns

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree