About Verkada

At Verkada, we’re rethinking what it means to be physically safe. Today, we build security cameras that detect action, identify danger and help keep people and places safe and secure. Using a combination of software and hardware, we’re transforming an industry that has seen little innovation for decades—and we already support thousands of customers. But this is just the beginning. We envision a world in which security systems feel as seamless and modern as the organizations they protect and our enterprise solution becomes a model for not just business security, but public security as well.

The Data Engineering team at Verkada is responsible for building and operating a large scale data infrastructure for the entire company. This includes data ingestion from partners, extremely efficient & reliable data pipelines to move and transform data, and developing and operating systems and tools that enable others to consume and understand data faster.

Responsibilities:

• You will hire and grow your team with top-tier engineering talent, while coaching and improving the performance of existing engineers in your organization.
• You will provide hands-on technical management, guidance and support including system/design/code review, and ultimately be responsible for the health of the systems the team builds.
• You will manage a software engineering team that owns several critical components of our data infrastructure. Help prioritize work for your team and ensure on-time deliverables with high-quality software. You will Identify the gaps in our data infrastructure and design and build the solutions.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in distributed systems, some of which are in data warehouse or data infrastructure software development.
• 5+ years of experience in managing and leading teams to build systems and framework to process PBs of data and real-time event streaming.
• Strong track record of delivering large scale and resilient distributed systems and services.
• Extensive and strong development experience in cloud environments, such as AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Strong hands-on skills. Can drill deep into the complex system design and implementation when needed.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Experience in ML is a big plus.
• Experience working with data scientists is also a big plus.
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.

About our team

Behind the scenes, we’re a team of computer scientists, hardware engineers and experienced founders who saw a chance to make a real impact. We’re united by the challenge of building beautiful products, designed for real people—and by our commitment to using technology responsibly. We believe keeping data private and secure is core to our safety as individuals, businesses and communities and we put great care into building systems that embody our values as people. Likewise, many of Silicon Valley’s top investors believe in us: we’re backed by Sequoia Capital, FirstRound, Meritech and Siemens (Next47).

Verkada is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, and encourage all qualified applicants to apply.