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Verkada · 5 days ago

Senior Backend Engineer - Search

positionSan Mateo, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$130K/yr - $280K/yr
date3+ years exp

Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, AI-powered platform. As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Computer Vision team, you will build scalable backend systems to support the indexing and recognition of millions of images daily.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Enterprise SoftwareInternet of ThingsPhysical SecuritySmart Building
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Responsibilities

Build scalable backend systems that can support indexing hundreds of millions of image data every day
Build scalable backend systems for recognizing objects and hundreds of millions of images every day

Qualification

Server programming languageScalable backend designAgile team environmentBachelor's Degree

Required

3+ years of industry software engineering experience
Mastery of at least one common server programming language
Mastery of scalable backend design, including databases, queues and blob storage
Experience working in an agile team software development environment
Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week

Preferred

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, preferably with industry experience

Benefits

Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans
Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
Expanded mental health support
Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
Professional development stipend
Fertility Stipend
Wellness/fitness benefits
Healthy lunches provided daily
Commuter benefits

Company

Verkada

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A leader in cloud physical security, Verkada protects people and places with an integrated, AI-powered platform.
dateFounded in 2016
location
San Mateo, California, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
https://www.verkada.com

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2021 (19)
2020 (13)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$814.3M
Key Investors
CapitalGGeneral CatalystAlkeon Capital
2025-12-03Series Unknown· $20M
2025-09-01Debt Financing· $150M
2025-02-19Series E· $200M

Leadership Team

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Filip Kaliszan
Founder & CEO
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Benjamin Bercovitz
Co-founder
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