Senior Backend Engineer - Alerts and Operations
Core
Build and maintain scalable backend systems processing hundreds of millions of weekly events, alerts, and notifications from global security devices, integrating AI capabilities for intelligent alerting.
Role type
Senior Backend Engineer (Alerts & Operations)
Builds
End-to-end event processing, alert rule management, and notification delivery services for security infrastructure.
Domain
Security / Physical AI / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Go, Python, Java, C++, Postgres, MySQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB, OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, Kafka, SQS, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, Azure
Preferred skills
Event-driven architectures, message streaming platforms, cloud environments, container orchestration
Responsibilities
Lead technical design discussions and make architectural decisions for new features; Own complex systems end-to-end from design to optimization; Drive development of backend infrastructure integrated with AI capabilities; Mentor and support junior engineers; Contribute to Verkada's public API; Collaborate with product managers and engineering leaders.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
