Backend Engineer - Connectivity

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, Next
47 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 Connectivity Team:
We’re the Connectivity Team at Verkada — and we own some of the most strategically critical products in the company:
Verkada Gateways – Bringing cameras, access control, and sensors online anywhere in the world

Verkada Security Trailers – Rapid-deploy mobile security units

Quality Sensors – Environmental intelligence at scale

We’re a small, vertically integrated team. That means we touch everything:

Embedded firmware

Cellular modems & SIMsLinux networking

Cloud backend services

Command Frontend What You'll DoBuild scalable distributed systems capable of handling high traffic from 100s of thousands of devices deployed around the world

Work with high concurrency key-value storage systems (Redis, DynamoDB)
Work with Postgres relational databases

Work with logging and message passing technologies like Kafka and SQSDeploy services via Terraform and Kubernetes Develop large scale systems to interact with and configure products remotely

Define and improve low-latency, high-throughput, high-reliability microservice architectures

Design and develop features incorporating cutting edge computer vision

Design clean APIs and implement them using Python and/or GoWhat You Bring1+ years backend engineering experience in a production environmentBS/MS in Computer Science or similar technical field of study

Experience developing and launching products

Working knowledge of Python and/or Go Comfortable working in an agile team software development environment

Familiarity with REST APIs, ability to read python server code a plusUS Employee Benefits 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 and personal sick time Professional development stipend

Wellness/fitness benefits

Healthy lunches provided daily

Commuter benefits

Culture and Values:

Self-motivated problem solver:
At Verkada, you will tackle large, complex…