Verkada
Staff Frontend Engineer - Mapping & Spatial Platform
$185K–$265K
San Mateo, CA United States +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Location
- San Mateo, CA United States
San Mateo, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years building complex customer-facing web applications or high-performance graphics engines.
- Education
- Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- The company sponsors and takes over sponsorship of employment visas for this role and will make every reasonable effort to get a visa if it makes an offer.
About the job
Lead the architecture and development of a high-performance, collaborative 3D spatial platform for interactive mapping, editing, and spatial analysis across Verkada products.
What you'll do
- Design a rendering platform for high-density geospatial visualization and precision editing, optimized for smooth performance.
- Define spatial-editing interactions with Design and optimize rendering and input latency.
- Develop spatial-analysis tools and own client-side offline-first, multi-user sync architecture.
What they ask for
- 5+ years building complex customer-facing web applications or high-performance graphics engines.
- Strong JavaScript fundamentals and React expertise, including familiarity with common state and data libraries.
- Degree in Computer Science or a related field; strong understanding of data structures, memory management, and linear algebra.
- Understanding of coordinate-system conversions, geospatial projections, and 3D geometry.
Nice to have
- Experience with Deck.gl, MapLibre, Three.js, raw WebGL/WebGPU, Canvas API, buffer management, or custom shaders.
- Experience with real-time sync architectures or familiarity with PostGIS, vector tiling (MVT), and GIS workflows.
Pay
$185,000 — $265,000 USD annual on-target earnings (OTE), comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).
Tools
JavaScript, React, React Query, Zustand, Deck.gl, MapLibre, Three.js, WebGL/WebGPU
AI focus
Develop AI-driven hardware placement suggestions.
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