Verkada
Senior Backend Engineer - Intercom
$175K–$300K
San Mateo, CA United States +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Location
- San Mateo, CA United States
San Mateo, California, United States - Experience
- 7+ years of industry backend software engineering experience; 4+ years of professional backend experience at a rapidly growing startup or innovative company.
- Education
- BS or a graduate degree in Computer Science, Maths, Engineering, or science.
- Visa sponsorship
- The company sponsors and takes over sponsorship of employment visas for this role, and says it will make every reasonable effort to get a visa if it makes an offer.
About the job
Build and own scalable, low-latency backend systems and APIs for Verkada’s cloud-managed intercom product.
What you'll do
- Set technical direction and lead engineers in executing projects.
- Architect scalable systems and latency-sensitive applications for intercoms deployed worldwide.
- Collaborate with firmware, mobile, and frontend teams to deliver robust backend APIs and products end to end.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of industry backend software engineering experience.
- 4+ years of professional backend engineering experience at a rapidly growing startup or innovative company.
- Experience driving technical direction and leading engineers on project execution.
- Deep relational database expertise and demonstrated expertise in either Python or GoLang.
Nice to have
- Postgres experience.
- Kubernetes experience.
Pay
$175,000 — $300,000 USD (annual on-target earnings, comprised of base compensation and commissions if applicable)
Tools
Postgres, Python, GoLang, Kubernetes
AI focus
The intercom product roadmap includes AI-driven visitor screening; the role focuses on backend systems for the product.
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