Senior-Staff Software Engineer, Tooling

Who We Are

Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.

We’ve got serious momentum in the market: more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), a $5.8B valuation, more than $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, Next47 and more. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it.

You can look at all kinds of communities to see our platform’s impact in the world. It's the retailer that uses our agentic AI to deter theft before it happens. The warehouse that uses AI-powered alerts to make sure its team is protected on the floor with proper PPE. The school that’s alerted to a threat in real-time and triggers a lockdown in seconds, not minutes. We’re rapidly scaling this impact: today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries.

About the Role

We focus on building and enhancing tools and systems that empower our developers, sales, and support teams. As a Backend Engineer on our team, you'd focus on designing new tools and improving quality of existing ones. Whether you’re early in your career or bring years of experience, there’s an opportunity to make a significant impact.

We are committed to a thriving in-office culture. This role requires you to be onsite at our HQ in San Mateo, CA.

What You'll Do

• Doing common actions in the cloud rather than from developer machines
• Improving handling of licenses
• Separating the monolith support tool into smaller a more manageable tools
• Improving the feature flags system
• Building tools that use AI
• Building tools to improve security and privacy
• Contributing to open-source systems used by Verkada

What You Bring

• Must have a BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, or similar technical field of study
• Experience and enthusiasm for learning about new infrastructure prod