Ready to dive into the world of smart tech and help build the future of IoT? As a Technical Support Engineering Intern, you won't be grabbing coffee or shadowing others. Our interns are at the forefront of our team, tackling real-world challenges alongside our full-time engineers. Based at our San Mateo HQ, you'll work with cutting-edge, cloud-managed IoT technology, helping our enterprise clients with everything from troubleshooting to system design.
This internship is your chance to make a real impact, build valuable technical skills, and jumpstart your career in a dynamic, high-tech environment.
What You'll Do- Troubleshoot and Innovate: Solve complex network, hardware, and software issues for the Verkada platform
- Be an Expert: Provide customers with best practices for system design and integration
- Communicate with Impact: Clearly explain technical concepts to customers both verbally and in writing
- Own the Problem: Take charge of customer issues from start to finish, ensuring a successful resolution
- Team Up: Collaborate with our Engineering and Product teams to test new products and identify bugs
- Share Knowledge: Create content for our Knowledge Base to help others
- Hands-on Projects: Get involved with lab testing and various team projects
- Available for a full-time (40 hours per week) in-person internship from January - April 2026 in San Mateo, CA
- A third or fourth-year student in a Bachelor's degree program from an accredited university, with a focus on a related technical field like Networking, Telecommunications, Systems Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Cybersecurity
- You have coursework experience with computer networking, Linux, and computer systems
- You're a problem-solver with a keen eye for detail
- You can clearly and confidently communicate complex technical information
- You thrive in a team environment
- Industry certifications (like CCNP, CCNA, or Network+) are a bonus, but not required!
- Monthly housing stipend for those relocating to the area — in addition to a competitive hourly wage
- Daily lunch catered onsite, complimentary barista-made drinks, and fully stocked snacks to keep you fueled
- Intern-exclusive events and mixers, including opportunities to connect with other interns across different teams
- Cross-functional collaboration opportunities, giving you real exposure to how teams work together at Verkada
- Lunch & Learns with company executives — hear directly from leaders and gain insight into building a successful career
- And more! From team-building activities to mentorship opportunities, we’re here to support your growth every step of the way
- We do sponsor and take over sponsorship of employment visas for this role. If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa.
Pay Disclosure
At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate’s skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. This estimate can vary based on the factors described above, so the actual starting base pay may be above or below this range. Base pay is also just one component of Verkada’s total rewards package. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
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Verkada is the world’s largest cloud-based B2B physical security platform, offering a seamless blend of tech and safety. With six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace systems, and intercoms — all integrated on one cloud platform, Verkada is designed for simplicity and scalability. Our real-time insights help organizations keep their spaces safe and comfortable while taking swift action to minimize security risks, workplace hassles, and costly inefficiencies.
Founded in 2016 and backed by over $460M in funding, we’ve grown fast, with 16 offices spread across four continents, 2,000+ employees, and 26,000+ customers in 85+ countries — including 82 of the Fortune 500.
Created by Stanford computer scientists and security experts, alongside Cisco Meraki’s co-founder and COO Hans Robertson, Verkada calls San Mateo, CA home. We also have offices in Salt Lake City, Tampa, Phoenix, Austin, London, Sydney, Taiwan, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Mexico City, Seattle, Tokyo, and Korea.
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Verkada’s products start with safety – video security cameras, door-based access control and alarms, and extend to operations, environmental sensors, visitor and mailroom management.
All of our products can be accessed within one cloud ecosystem, bringing the intuitive and easy-to-use nature of consumer security products to the levels of scale
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