Backend/Data Engineer
Who We Are
Verkada is the leading physical security platform to protect people, assets and privacy. Designed with simplicity in mind, Verkada’s five product lines - video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms and visitor management - provide seamless visibility through an integrated secure cloud-based software platform. Over 9,700+ organizations worldwide trust Verkada as their physical security layer for easier management, frictionless scalability and cutting-edge innovation.
Overview
As the first Backend/Data Engineer on the Marketing team you will partner with creative out-of-the-box builders and strategists on both Marketing and Sales teams to build the platform (database, warehouse, microservices, UI) powering marketing and sales decisions. We exhausted the capabilities of off-the-shelf solutions and need to build internal tools to be ahead of competition.
Responsibilities
- Build scalable reporting infra for streams -- emails, calls, text messages, market signals.
- Setup cron jobs that clean up the data (at 3sigma quality), trigger campaigns and alerts.
- Build high-level (Fivetran, tray.io) and low-level (own cloud-hosted VM) integrations between SaaS applications, a data warehouse and system-of-record database.
- Resource management: use optimal cpu/memory/disk/network configurations.
Requirements
- 4+ years working experience in SWE role or equivalent.
- Mastery of Python.
- Ability to engineer fault-tolerant distributed systems that move data around without duplicates, missed rows, within api limits.
- Ability to self-manage time and energy.
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Linux, K8s, Go / Rust / C++ / Java, web framework (Django/Rocket/Revel/etc) preferred, but not required.
- Generalist with the focus on the backend preferred, but not required.
- First principles thinking, ambition, positive attitude.
- Experience working in agile teams.
US Perks & Benefits
- Generous company paid medical, dental & vision insurance coverage
- Unlimited paid time off & 11 companywide paid holidays
- Wellness allowance
- Commuter benefits
- Healthy lunches and dinners provided daily
- Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
Verkada is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to be a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work. A big part of that effort is support for members and allies of our internal communities like Women at Verkada, Pride at Verkada, Multicultural at Verkada and Parents at Verkada.