Backend Software Engineer - University Graduate 2025 San Mateo, CA United States

$120,000 - $280,000/Yr

Verkada - San Mateo, CA

Full-time - Entry Level

San Mateo, CA

1,001-5,000 employees

Publishing Industries

About the position

The Backend Software Engineer position at Verkada is designed for university graduates in 2025 who are eager to work in a high-growth environment. The role involves collaborating with a team to launch products and features that enhance Verkada's cloud-based physical security platform. Engineers will have ownership of projects, working across the full software stack to develop scalable systems that support a global customer base.

Responsibilities

• Build 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 SQS.
• Deploy 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 Go.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Computer Science or similar technical field of study.
• Internship 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 plus.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $120,000 - $280,000 USD based on experience and location.
• Potential for additional compensation through sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).