Senior Backend Engineer - Sensors

Company: Medium
Location: San Mateo
Posted on: March 17, 2023

Job Description:

Who We AreAt Verkada, we're building the operating system for the physical world.We started in 2016 with video security cameras and an intuitive cloud-based platform, and in just six years, we've expanded to include five additional product lines (access control, environmental sensors and alarms, as well as visitor and mailroom management) that help enterprises to protect and manage their people and assets.Today more than 14,000 organizations across 63 countries worldwide trust Verkada as their physical security layer for easier management, intelligent control, and scalable deployments. We are valued at $3.2 billion, with $360 million raised in venture capital from investors including Linse Capital, MSD Partners, L.P., Felicis Ventures, Next47, Sequoia Capital, Meritech Capital, and First Round Capital.This is just the beginning. The need for businesses to secure and manage their people and physical assets with scale and speed is mission critical and continues to increase. Our teams are energized by the complex challenges we work on and the platform we are building to make the schools, hospitals, businesses and communities that we live and work in safer.We are a small, dynamic team focused on building cloud-managed environmental sensors. Environmental sensors is one of our newest products that allows our clients to monitor their environment with sensors that can measure temperature, humidity and air quality.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.We are #10 on the LinkedIn Top Startups 2020 list and #4 on the Forbes America's Best Startup Employers 2020. In January 2020, the company raised $80 million Series C at a $1.6 billion post-money valuation and is backed by top-tier investors like Sequoia Capital, First Round, Meritech and Siemens (Next47).Education and Experience

• 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
• You are excited about building distributed fault-tolerant systems
• BS or a graduate degree in Computer Science, Maths, Engineering, or scienceRequirements
  • 3+ years of industry software engineering experience
  • Mastery of at least one common server programming language (Python, Go)
  • Mastery of scalable distributed system design, including databases, queues and blob storage
  • Experience working in an agile team software development environmentRecommended Skills
    • Software Architecture and API design
    • Good understanding of databases including SQL, relational database design, performance and load characteristics, transactions and locking
    • Experience with some of the following technologies:
    • Distributed data stores (DynamoDB) and caching technologies (Redis, Memcached)
    • Docker
    • AWS
    • k8s
    • Asynchronous data processing and stream processing (Kafka, Amazon Kinesis)Culture and Values
      • 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!Perks & Benefits
        • Generous company paid medical, dental & vision insurance coverage
        • Unlimited paid time off & 11 companywide paid holidays
        • Wellness allowanceCommuter benefitsHealthy lunches and dinners provided daily
        • Generous paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits Verkada is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to be a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work. A big part of that effort is support for members and allies of our internal communities like Women at Verkada, Pride at Verkada, Multicultural at Verkada, and Parents at Verkada.

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