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Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it.\nYou 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. \nAbout the Role\nWe are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a new team focused on building AI agents that improve engineering velocity, reliability, and developer experience across the company.\nThis team will operate with a 0→1 charter inside our Infrastructure / DevX organization, developing agentic systems that automate workflows such as CI failure triage, autonomous deployments, incident response, and proactive bug detection. The work will have a broad impact across all engineering teams by reducing toil and enabling faster iteration.\nThis role is both strategic and hands-on: you will define the roadmap, build and grow the team, and actively contribute to prototyping and development.\nWhat You'll Do\nMake every engineer more productive by eliminating repetitive workflows through AI agents\nDefine and own the agent roadmap: what to automate, in what order, and how to measure success\nBuild and lead a small, high-impact team of engineers\nContribute hands-on to prototyping, coding, and unblocking technical challenges\nEstablish evaluation frameworks for agent performance (golden tasks, regression sets, replay, LLM-as-judge)\nPartner closely with Infrastructure, Security, and DevX teams to integrate agents into core workflows\nDrive high engineering standards through design docs, RFCs, and strong execution\nWhat You Bring\n7+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years in engineering management\nProven experience shipping production systems, including agentic or automation-heavy workflows\nStrong hands-on coding ability in Python, Go, or TypeScript\nExperience building systems that interact with APIs, tools, and external services (not just prompt-based interfaces)\nDemonstrated ability to define metrics and evaluate system performance rigorously\nExperience writing clear technical design documents and driving alignment\nNice to Have\nExperience building or managing developer tooling or internal platforms\nFamiliarity with agent frameworks or orchestration systems\nExperience in monorepo environments\nStartup or early-stage team experience (0→1 or small team scaling)\nUS Employee Benefits\nVerkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:\nHealthcare 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\nNationwide medical, vision and dental coverage\nHealth Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options\nExpanded mental health support\nPaid parental leave policy & fertility benefits\nTime off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time\nProfessional development stipend\nFertility Stipend\nWellness/fitness benefits\nHealthy lunches provided daily\nCommuter benefits\nAdditional Information\nWe do sponsor and take over sponsorship of employment visas for this role. If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa.\nAnnual Pay Range\nAt Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs)\nBelow is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).\nEstimated Annual Pay Range\n$200,000—$340,000 USD\nVerkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer\nAs an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. 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