Verkada
Embedded Engineering Manager - Storage Systems
$200K–$315K
San Mateo, CA United States +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Location
- San Mateo, CA United States
San Mateo, California, United States - Experience
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including experience leading or managing high-performing infrastructure or systems teams.
- Education
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Verkada sponsors and takes over sponsorship of employment visas for this role and will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa after an offer.
About the job
Leads a team developing and operating embedded camera storage systems and distributed backup infrastructure, setting technical direction and delivering reliable on-camera video storage.
What you'll do
- Recruit, mentor, and lead the storage systems team; drive architecture and technical strategy.
- Plan and execute storage roadmaps with Product, Hardware, and cross-functional teams, improving product quality and reliability.
- Oversee operational excellence across embedded storage systems and distributed backup infrastructure.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including experience leading or managing high-performing infrastructure or systems teams.
- Strong systems programming expertise in C/C++ and deep knowledge of low-level systems, including file systems, flash storage, Linux kernel internals, device drivers, and embedded systems.
- Experience debugging complex storage or operating system issues in production and building reliable, scalable distributed systems.
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field; able and willing to work onsite five days per week in San Mateo, CA.
Nice to have
- Experience with Go or other higher-level languages.
- Familiarity with Yocto, eBPF, MMC protocols, ext4, UBIFS, or related storage subsystems; cloud infrastructure experience such as AWS, Docker, or Kubernetes is a plus.
Pay
$200,000 — $315,000 USD (base pay range); $200,000 — $315,000 USD (annual OTE range)
Tools
C/C++, Go, Yocto, eBPF, MMC protocols, ext4, UBIFS, AWS
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