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# Senior Backend Engineer - Access Control at Verkada

- **Company:** Verkada
- **Location:** San Mateo CA, United States
- **Compensation:** $150k–$300k
- **Posted:** 2026-09-09
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/verkada/jobs/5233103007

## Job description

## Who We Are

Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.

We’ve got serious momentum in the market: more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), [a $5.8B valuation](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/03/verkada-capitalg-valuation-security.html), more than $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, Next47 and more. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it.

You can look at all kinds of communities to see our platform’s impact in the world. It's the retailer that uses our agentic AI to deter theft before it happens. The warehouse that uses AI-powered alerts to make sure its team is protected on the floor with proper PPE. The school that’s alerted to a threat in real-time and triggers a lockdown in seconds, not minutes. We’re rapidly scaling this impact: today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries.

## About the Role

We are a small, dynamic team focused on building cloud-managed access control systems. Access Control is our second major product line. Our Access Control solution allows users to manage their doors, schedules, and user credentials from virtually anywhere on their laptop or phone.

We consider our team a startup within a startup, with a fair amount of ownership and autonomy. You’ll be working alongside a dynamic team of firmware, backend, and frontend engineers to develop this product line.

## What You'll Do

- Excited by new products and startups
- You think about delivering best-in-class products and experiences - not features
- You can take a less-than-fully-fleshed-out product idea and drive it to completion
- Self-motivated problem solver: At Verkada, you will tackle large, complex problems with no clear answers.
- Teach and learn: You will learn new technologies while being entrusted with the technical ownership of major systems, and we hope to learn something from you in turn.
- Growth mindset: As a fast-growing startup, every day brings new challenges and opportunities for growth, and we want you to grow with us!

## What You Bring

- BS or a graduate degree in Computer Science, Maths, Engineering, or science
- 5+ years of industry software engineering experience
- Proficiency in at least one common server programming language (Python, Go)
- Experience in scalable distributed system 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

US Employee Benefits

Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:

- 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

Additional Information

- We do sponsor and take over sponsorship of employment visas for this role. If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa.

Annual Pay Range

At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs)

Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).

Estimated Annual Pay Range $150,000—$300,000 USD

Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

Your application will be handled in accordance with our [Candidate Privacy Policy](https://www.verkada.com/privacy/candidate-privacy-policy).

## About Verkada

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Verkada provides an AI-powered, cloud-based integrated platform for physical security, including video surveillance, access control, alarms, intercoms, air quality sensors, and visitor management.
- **Entity Type**: Private (raised Series E funding in late 2025; amount undisclosed)
- **Headquarters**: San Mateo, California, USA (commonly reported; not explicitly listed in provided sources)  
- **Founded**: 2016  
- **Founders**: Filip Kaliszan (CEO & Co-founder) and Hans Robertson (Chairman & Co-founder) [verkada.com](https://www.verkada.com/about/)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Physical security, enterprise security technology, cloud-based security solutions.
- Target customers: B2B – enterprises, small-to-medium businesses, government agencies, healthcare, law enforcement, and other organizations.
- Mission: “Protect people and places in a privacy-sensitive way.” [verkada.com](https://www.verkada.com/about/)

## Products & Services
- **Verkada Command (Cloud Platform)**: Central management console for all devices – search footage instantly via natural language, manage access control, receive AI-generated alerts, and unify timelines. [verkada.com](https://www.verkada.com/)
- **Video Security Cameras**: Cloud-connected cameras with on-device processing, AI analytics (person/vehicle detection, facial authentication), and automatic updates.
- **Access Control**: Cloud-managed door controllers, keyless entry via mobile credentials, and hands-free facial authentication.
- **Alarms**: AI-powered alarm system with real-time alerts and automated talk-down messages.
- **Intercoms**: Cloud-managed video intercom systems.
- **Air Quality Sensors**: Monitors CO2, temperature, humidity, and other indoor environmental data.
- **Visitor Management**: Digital sign-in and visitor tracking integrated with the Command platform.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Total funding not disclosed in provided sources, but raised a Series E round at the end of 2025. Operates with ~2,200 employees globally, has deployed 2+ million devices, and serves 30,000+ organizations. Processes 8+ million door unlocks per day and prevented 5,000+ potential threats via visitor management. [verkada.com](https://www.verkada.com/about/)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not listed in the provided search results.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount of ~2,200 (up from earlier years), 17 offices worldwide across Americas, EMEA, and JAPAC, continued expansion of AI capabilities (AI-powered unified timeline launched late 2025), and a Series E funding round in late 2025. [verkada.com](https://www.verkada.com/about/) | [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/verkada)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Cloud-native, unified platform**: Replaces fragmented, on-premise systems with a single software interface.
- **AI integration**: Proactive threat detection, natural language search, facial authentication, and automated responses.
- **Privacy-sensitive design**: Built-in privacy features and compliance focus.
- **Scalability & ease of use**: Plug-and-play setup, automatic firmware/software updates, no NVRs or servers.
- **24/7 technical support** and a 30-day free trial. [verkada.com](https://www.verkada.com/)

## Strategic Focus
- Continue expanding AI-powered capabilities (unified timeline, natural language search, proactive alerts).
- Grow global presence (17 offices already, with offices in Dubai, Singapore, and other regions).
- Strengthen platform integrations and partner ecosystem.
- Maintain privacy-first approach while scaling. [verkada.com](https://www.verkada.com/about/)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Belonging**: Emphasizes in-person collaboration (“best collaboration happens in person”) with offices designed to inspire creativity. Active employee communities (e.g., Veterans). [verkada.com/careers](https://www.verkada.com/careers/)
- **Work policy**: Strongly office-centric (HQ in San Mateo, plus 16 other global offices); remote/hybrid details not specified but in-person is encouraged.
- **Perks & Benefits**: Comprehensive health (medical, dental, vision), flexible PTO, wellness benefits (fitness pass reimbursement, mental health coverage), fertility benefits, commuter benefits, professional development stipend, daily healthy meals (at HQ), and team events.
- **Growth opportunity**: Fast-growing company (~2,200 employees) with a mission-driven culture; interview process includes recruiter screen, hiring manager, technical assessment, and on-site rounds. [verkada.com/careers](https://www.verkada.com/careers/) | [job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/verkada)

## Sources
1. [verkada.com/about](https://www.verkada.com/about/)
2. [verkada.com](https://www.verkada.com/)
3. [verkada.com/careers](https://www.verkada.com/careers/)
4. [linkedin.com/company/verkada](https://www.linkedin.com/company/verkada)
5. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/verkada](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/verkada)

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