Staff Backend Engineer - Core ServicesNew San Mateo, CA United States

$130,000 - $280,000/Yr

Verkada - San Mateo, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

San Mateo, CA

1,001-5,000 employees

Publishing Industries

About the position

The Staff Backend Engineer - Core Services at Verkada will be a key member of the Core Platform team, responsible for architecting, designing, and developing scalable distributed systems that support a suite of IoT devices. This role involves working with high concurrency storage systems and microservices architecture, while also mentoring junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable distributed systems capable of handling high traffic from hundreds of thousands of devices deployed globally.
• Work with high concurrency key-value storage systems such as Redis and DynamoDB.
• Spin up new services in a microservices architecture.
• Help lead and grow junior engineers.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science or a similar technical field of study.
• 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience driving technical direction and leading teams towards project execution.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Mastery of at least one server programming language (Python, Go).
• Experience with relational databases like Postgres, MySQL, etc.
• Experience with distributed systems at scale.

Benefits

• Generous company paid medical, dental & vision insurance coverage
• Unlimited paid time off & 11 companywide paid holidays
• Wellness allowance
• Commuter benefits
• Healthy lunches and dinners provided daily
• Generous paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits