Verkada's Alarms team builds the intelligent systems that detect, verify, and respond to real-world security threats. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll play a key role in designing and scaling our AI-driven detection and response workflows.
Requirements
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience in a production environment
- Strong programming skills—Go preferred
- Solid grasp of distributed system design, API architecture, and event-driven workflows
- Experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS
- Background working with databases (e.g. Postgres) and scalable data systems (e.g. Kafka, Redis)
- Track record of delivering robust, maintainable software in fast-paced teams
Benefits
- Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs
- 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
- Fertility Stipend
- Wellness/fitness benefits
- Healthy lunches provided daily
- Commuter benefits