Senior Backend Engineer - Alerts and Operations

Senior Backend Engineer - Alerts and Operations

San Mateo, CA, United States

Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, AI‑powered platform. A leader in cloud physical security, Verkada helps organizations strengthen safety and efficiency through one connected software platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.

Over 30,000 organizations worldwide, including more than 100 companies in the Fortune 500, trust Verkada as their physical security layer for easier management, intelligent control, and scalable deployments.

Alerts 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.

Our 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.

In 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.

We’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.

• Build and maintain scalable backend systems that process hundreds of millions of events, alerts and notifications weekly from security devices deployed around the world.
• Lead technical design discussions and make architectural decisions for new features across our event processing, alert rule management, and notification delivery services.
• Own complex systems end‑to‑end, from initial design through implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing optimization.
• Drive the development of backend infrastructure integrated with AI capabilities.
• Mentor and support junior engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing.
• Contribute to Verkada’s public API that customers use for integrations with their existing security and operations systems.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineering leaders, and teams across the organization to define and deliver high‑impact products.

• Degree in Computer Science or similar field.
• 5+ 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 startup or innovative company.
• Deep expertise in Go, Python, Java, or C++ with strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Proven experience designing and working with both relational (Postgres, MySQL) and non‑relational databases (Dynamo
  
  DB, Mongo
  
  DB, Open Search, Elasticsearch).
• Track record of leading technical initiatives, making architectural decisions, and delivering complex systems from concept to production.
• Experience with event‑driven architectures and message streaming platforms (Kafka, SQS).
• Experience working in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) and container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and elevate team technical standards.
• Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week.

• Healthcare plans with 100% employee premium coverage and 80% family premium coverage.
• Nationwide medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• Expanded mental health support and fertility benefits.
• Paid parental leave policy and fertility stipend.
• Unlimited PTO, personal sick time, and paid holidays.
• Wellness and fitness benefits and healthy lunches daily.

Verkada is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.