or apply directly on Verkada's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 16 days Verkada's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Verkada's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Verkada
- low 0 stale, 5 reposted of 304 open
- Hiring momentum
- 398 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Verkada's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Verkada.
About this role
As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Device Platform team at Verkada, you will design and lead major platform features that connect the cloud to hardware, focusing on scalability, consistency, and uptime. Your role includes improving system robustness, mentoring team members, and collaborating with other engineering teams to align on technical direction and roadmap priorities.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Verkada as an employer.
What you need
- 6+ years of experience building backend services with consistency, latency, and uptime guarantees at scale
- Fluency in at least one server language — Python or Go preferred; adjacent languages like Ruby or JavaScript (NodeJs) welcome
- Skilled at listening to other engineering teams and shaping shared technical direction
- U.S. citizenship or permanent residency for FedRAMP compliance
- Onsite presence five days per week
What you get
- Healthcare programs with 100% coverage for employee premiums under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums
- Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
- Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
- Expanded mental health support
- Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
Worth weighing
- No visa sponsorship offered for this role
- Annual pay range is $190,000 — $275,000 USD, but specific compensation details depend on various factors
- The role requires onsite presence five days a week, which may not suit all candidates
Summarised from Verkada's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Verkada on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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