Who We Are
Verkada is the largest cloud-based B2B physical security platform company in the world. Only Verkada offers six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace and intercoms — integrated with a single cloud-based software platform.Designed with simplicity and scalability in mind, Verkada gives organizations the real-time insight to know what could impact the safety and comfort of people throughout their physical environment, while empowering them to take immediate action to minimize security risks, workplace frustrations and costly inefficiencies.Founded in 2016 with more than $460M in funding raised to date, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 16 offices across three continents, 1,900+ full-time employees and 25,000+ customers across 70+ countries.As a Backend Engineer on the Growth Engineering team, you will be at the forefront of developing and sustaining the vital growth infrastructure at Verkada.
This role requires someone with a profound technical acumen combined with a passion for tackling complex business challenges. You will be instrumental in engineering robust, scalable systems that underpin our most mission-critical growth strategies and initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement reliable and observable infrastructure that will help power Verkada's growth engine.
- Contribute to the maintenance and enhancement of backend systems to process the purchase journey and optimize automated workflows.
- Build a complex multivariate experimentation infrastructure to improve the marketing funnel's efficiency.
- Ensure the seamless integration of new technologies and platforms with existing infrastructure.
- Work cross functionally with Sales, Marketing, and Product, teams to translate complex business requirements, define feature specifications and implement them to provide end users with a better product experience.
- Drive innovation in marketing technology, continuously seeking ways to improve efficiency and effectiveness in our growth efforts.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or similar degree).
- 3+ years of experience in a Software Engineering role using backend technologies (python or similar language).
- Experience owning software architecture and API design.
- Ability to learn new systems / technologies quickly. Big plus if you enjoy proactively experimenting with new technologies and approaching traditional business challenges with unique engineering ideas.
- Ability and strong interest in communicating cross-functionally with non-technical stakeholders to derive requirements and architect solutions without a PM.
- Experience shipping large-scale, highly visible, external facing features/products is a plus.
US Employee Benefits
Verkada is committed to investing in the holistic health and wellbeing of all employees and their families. 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 most plans and 80% for family premiums
- Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
- Health Saving Account (HSA) 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 and dinners provided daily
Pay Disclosure
At 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. This estimate can vary based on the factors described above, so the actual starting annual base salary may be above or below this range.
This estimate is also just one component of Verkada’s total rewards package. 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).Estimated Annual Pay Range$100,000 - $200,000USD
Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer
As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada 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.Your application will be handled in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Policy.
