Senior Android Engineer - Streaming

About the Role

Verkada is the leading cloud-managed physical security platform, uniting hardware, software, and AI to deliver enterprise-scale security and insights. At the core of our mission is video-powering everything from real-time monitoring to historical playback for tens of thousands of organizations worldwide.

The Streaming team owns the full-stack infrastructure powering the video experience for over 1.4M Verkada cameras. We take on complex streaming challenges to deliver live and recorded video with unmatched speed, reliability, and security. By continually advancing our technology, we ensure that every frame—whether live or months old—is always available instantly, seamlessly, and securely.

As a Software Engineer on the Video Streaming team, your work will directly shape how millions of people rely on video every day to stay safe. You ll own and optimize streaming experience on the Android app, while delivering industry-leading reliability and security.

As an Android Engineer (Video Streaming), you will play a critical role in building, optimizing, and scaling high-quality video playback experiences on Android devices. This includes achieving sub-second latency for live video, improving playback load times, optimizing memory and CPU/GPU utilization.

• Enhance the streaming experience on our Android app by delivering low-latency live video and ultra-fast load times. You ll do this across a wide range of devices and network conditions.
• Collaborate with backend and streaming infrastructure teams to integrate APIs and deliver end-to-end video solutions.
• Implement and optimize video streaming protocols (HLS, DASH, RTSP, WebRTC, etc.) for low-latency, high-quality playback using adaptive bitrate streaming algorithms.
• Work with hardware-accelerated decoders (Media Codec, Exo Player) to deliver smooth and efficient performance across various media formats (images, audio and video).
• Stay current with the latest in Android media APIs, streaming protocols, and device capabilities.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product and design to ensure a playback experience that s consistent with other platforms and other video applications.

• BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field.
• 4+ years of professional experience in Android development (Kotlin/Java).
• Deep understanding of Exo Player, Media Codec and Android Media APIs.
• Familiarity with video streaming protocols (HLS, DASH, RTSP, WebRTC) and audio, video and image codecs like H.264, HEVC, HEIF and AAC.
• Strong grasp of performance optimization on mobile devices (memory, CPU, GPU, battery) and networking protocols like TCP, UDP and QUIC.
• Bonus: hands-on experience with optimizing latency, startup time (TTFF) and video quality.
• Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week

• Opportunity to own end-to-end Android video streaming experiences and tackle cutting-edge problems like low latency streaming.
• Collaborate with top-tier engineers and see your work make an immediate impact on products trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide.
• Join a company with proven product-market fit—enjoy the speed, ownership, and impact of a startup, with the stability of a healthy, scaling business.
• Grow a career at a place that values innovation, technical excellence, and end-to-end ownership.

Verkada 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:

• 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…