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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 Team\nAlerts are an important part of the Verkada ecosystem and our customers rely on alert notifications to stay on top of live events such as persons of interest entering buildings, if a door was forced open after hours or simply knowing when to let the delivery person in. The Alerts and Operations team is responsible for building and maintaining the end-to-end systems for Events, Alerts and Notifications, processing upwards of 500 million events weekly from over a million devices worldwide.\nOur systems process real-time events from Verkada's global device fleet, delivering intelligent, actionable alerts through multiple channels including email, SMS, push notifications, and webhooks.\nIn 2025, we launched Operations, a suite of features designed for customers monitoring critical infrastructure with dedicated security teams, starting with enhanced collaboration tools and expanding integration capabilities.\nWe're actively exploring how AI can help customers use our products more efficiently and respond more effectively to events, while continuing to improve the core reliability and intelligence of our alerting systems.\nWhat You'll Do\nBuild and maintain scalable backend systems that process hundreds of millions of events, alerts and notifications weekly from security devices deployed around the world.\nLead technical design discussions and make architectural decisions for new features across our event processing, alert rule management, and notification delivery services.\nOwn complex systems end-to-end, from initial design through implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing optimization.\nDrive the development of backend infrastructure integrated with AI capabilities.\nMentor and support junior engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing.\nContribute to Verkada's public API that customers use for integrations with their existing security and operations systems.\nCollaborate with product managers, engineering leaders, and teams across the organization to define and deliver high-impact products.\nWhat You Bring\nDegree in Computer Science or similar field. \n5+ years of professional experience as a Back End Engineer with a track record of building and operating large-scale distributed systems, ideally at a rapidly growing start up or innovative company.\nDeep expertise in Go, Python, Java, or C++ with strong software engineering fundamentals.\nProven experience designing and working with both relational (Postgres, MySQL) and non-relational databases (DynamoDB, MongoDB, OpenSearch, Elasticsearch).\nTrack record of leading technical initiatives, making architectural decisions, and delivering complex systems from concept to production.\nExperience with event-driven architectures and message streaming platforms (Kafka, SQS).\nExperience working in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) and container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Docker).\nDemonstrated ability to mentor engineers and elevate team technical standards.\nMust be willing and able to work onsite five days per week.\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$130,000—$280,000 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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