Senior Software Engineer - Alarms

Verkada’s Alarms team builds the intelligent systems that detect, verify, and respond to real-world security threats—whether it's a break-in or suspicious activity caught on video. We combine intrusion sensors, cameras, and AI to create a fast, reliable, and modern security experience. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll play a key role in designing and scaling our AI-driven detection and response workflows. These systems power automated threat identification, customer notifications, video verification, and emergency dispatch—all in real time.

Responsibilities

Design and build low-latency, high-availability backend services that orchestrate alarm detection and response; Create flexible and extensible AI-powered workflows for intrusion and video monitoring use cases; Build distributed systems that integrate internal products and third-party services (e.g., notifications, transcription, dispatch); Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, frontend, and firmware engineers to shape end-to-end customer experiences; Operate with autonomy and take ownership of systems from design through production; Champion best practices in testing, observability, and continuous deployment

Requirements

5+ years of backend engineering experience in a production environment; Strong programming skills—Go preferred; Solid grasp of distributed system design, API architecture, and event-driven workflows; Experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS; Background working with databases (e.g. Postgres) and scalable data systems (e.g. Kafka, Redis); Track record of delivering robust, maintainable software in fast-paced teams

Nice to have

Familiarity with Temporal or other workflow engines; Interest in building AI-integrated, real-time systems; Experience with Kubernetes, monitoring tools, and performance optimization

Benefits

Healthcare programs tailored to personal health and financial well-being needs (premiums 100% covered for employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans); Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage; Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options; Expanded mental health support; Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits; Paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time; Professional development stipend; Fertility Stipend; Wellness/fitness benefits; Healthy lunches provided daily; Commuter benefits; Employment visa sponsorship