Senior Backend Engineer
Core
Designing scalable control planes and data primitives for Verkada's core products to service the largest organizations globally.
Role type
Senior Backend Engineer (distributed systems)
Builds
Scalable distributed systems and microservices for video security, access control, and AI-powered platforms.
Domain
Physical AI / Security / IoT
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Python or Go, relational databases (Postgres, MySQL), key-value storage (Redis, Memcached), distributed queueing (Kafka), cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure), GRPC, API specifications, building access systems at scale
Preferred skills
React
Technologies
Python, Go, Postgres, MySQL, Redis, Memcached, Kafka, AWS, GCP, Azure, GRPC, React
Responsibilities
Design scalable control planes and data primitives; Build scalable distributed systems for high traffic; Spin up new services in a microservices architecture
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
