About the Role

We build the search and computer vision backend that powers Verkada's camera intelligence. Our systems let customers find what they need across billions of frames in seconds, from person search and reverse image search to natural language search powered by modern LLMs and VLMs. We own both the customer-facing products and the underlying infrastructure that makes them possible. If you've ever wondered what it takes to make real-time physical security search feel instant across tens of thousands of camera deployments, that's us.

We take engineering rigor seriously. Our systems run at a scale that few engineers get to work at, and we're pushing into genuinely new territory with agentic, multi-modal search experiences powered by modern LLMs and VLMs. You'll work closely with ML, infrastructure, and frontend engineers to take ideas from research to products that customers use every day.

Who You Are

• Excited by modern search infrastructure: vector databases, embedding-based retrieval, and what it takes to make semantic search fast at scale
• Excited by modern search infrastructure — vector databases, embedding-based retrieval, and what it takes to make semantic search fast at scale
• You think about building robust, scalable infrastructure, not just shipping endpoints
• You can take an ambiguous problem and drive it end-to-end, from architecture to production
• BS or graduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

What You Bring

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience with a track record of shipping systems at scale
• Mastery of at least one server-side language (Go, Java, Python, or similar)
• Deep experience with scalable backend design: distributed systems, databases, queues, and blob storage
• Experience leading technical direction on projects and collaborating cross-functionally
• Ownership mentality; you resolve problems that go beyond your immediate scope

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
• 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.