Verkada
Embedded Engineer - Streaming
$130K–$260K
San Mateo, CA United States +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 3, 2026
- Location
- San Mateo, CA United States
San Mateo, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years of professional experience in embedded systems development, with a focus on video streaming applications.
- Education
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science (or similar degree).
- Visa sponsorship
- The company sponsors and takes over sponsorship of employment visas for this role and says it will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa for an offer recipient.
About the job
Designs and optimizes embedded video capture, encoding, and streaming features for Verkada cameras and security devices.
What you'll do
- Develop and tune embedded video encoding and streaming pipelines, including hardware-accelerated codecs.
- Build multimedia frameworks and integrate streaming protocols for reliable, low-latency video delivery.
- Profile and debug streaming performance, video quality, and device resource utilization.
What they ask for
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a similar degree.
- 5+ years of professional experience in embedded systems development focused on video streaming applications.
- Proficiency in C/C++ for embedded Linux environments.
- Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with video codecs and hardware-accelerated encoding/decoding pipelines.
- Familiarity with multimedia frameworks, streaming protocols, adaptive bitrate streaming, or optimization for low latency and startup time.
Pay
$130,000 — $260,000 USD (hourly pay range; posting labels it Estimated Hourly Pay Range); $130,000 — $260,000 USD (annual OTE range)
Tools
C/C++, embedded Linux, H.264, H.265/HEVC, AV1, GStreamer, FFmpeg, RTSP
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