Verkada · 6 hours ago
Senior Backend Engineer - Streaming
San Mateo, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$130K/yr - $280K/yr
4+ years expVerkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, AI-powered platform. They are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design backend systems for video streaming that scale seamlessly and ensure reliability and security for millions of users. The role involves collaborating with various teams to enhance video capabilities and drive engineering excellence.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Enterprise SoftwareInternet of ThingsPhysical SecuritySmart Building
Responsibilities
Design and evolve highly scalable, cloud-native services that power video and audio streaming for millions of devices
Architect and optimize distributed, real-time data pipelines that connect cameras, the cloud, and end users with low latency and high reliability
Build and operate a high-performance video transcoding and multiplexing service that is fault-tolerant, cost-efficient, and capable of scaling to massive workloads
Define and refine service-oriented architectures, APIs, and interfaces that enable streaming to scale seamlessly across our platform
Develop clean, reliable, and testable backend code that performs under heavy load and ensures a flawless customer experience
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, hardware, and infrastructure teams to deliver new video capabilities and experiences that raise the bar for the industry
Champion engineering excellence by driving performance, reliability, and best practices across the organization
Qualification
Required
4+ years of backend development experience in Go or Python
4+ years experience designing and building large-scale, resilient distributed systems using service-oriented or microservice architectures
3+ years experience with cloud infrastructure, containerization, and deployment automation (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, or similar)
3+ years experience with databases, queues, blob storage, and distributed systems fundamentals
You bring a systems design mindset, able to simplify complex workflows and deliver scalable, efficient solutions
You care deeply about performance, reliability, and security, and have a track record of building services that excel in all three
You thrive in a fast-paced environment, demonstrate creativity and sound judgment, and take ownership of problems end to end
Preferred
Bonus: you've worked with IoT devices, real-time streaming technologies, or multimedia formats such as H.264/H.265, FFmpeg, or similar pipelines
Benefits
Sales incentives
Discretionary bonuses
Equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs)
Company
Verkada
A leader in cloud physical security, Verkada protects people and places with an integrated, AI-powered platform.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$814.3MKey Investors
CapitalGGeneral CatalystAlkeon Capital
2025-12-03Series Unknown· $20M
2025-09-01Debt Financing· $150M
2025-02-19Series E· $200M
Leadership Team
Filip Kaliszan
Founder & CEO
Benjamin Bercovitz
Co-founder
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