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# Backend Engineer - Connectivity

- **Company:** Verkada Inc.
- **Location:** San Mateo, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $125,000.0 - $160,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Computer Vision, Cloud Computing, Computer Networks, Relational Databases, Distributed Systems, Amazon DynamoDB, Embedded Software, Integrated Development Environments, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Message Passing Interface, Redis, Data Logging, Backend, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Front End Software Development, Restful APIs, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform
- **Published:** July 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/87840144/1

## About the Role

* 1+ years backend engineering experience in a production environment
 * BS/MS in Computer Science or similar technical field of study
 * Experience developing and launching products
 * Working knowledge of Python and/or Go
 * Comfortable working in an agile team software development environment
 * Familiarity with REST APIs, ability to read python server code a plus

## Description

* Embedded firmware
 * Cellular modems & SIMs
 * Linux networking
 * Cloud backend services
 * Command Frontend

What You'll Do

 * Build scalable distributed systems capable of handling high traffic from 100s of thousands of devices deployed around the world
 * Work with high concurrency key-value storage systems (Redis, DynamoDB)
 * Work with Postgres relational databases
 * Work with logging and message passing technologies like Kafka and SQS
 * Deploy services via Terraform and Kubernetes
 * Develop large scale systems to interact with and configure products remotely
 * Define and improve low-latency, high-throughput, high-reliability microservice architectures
 * Design and develop features incorporating cutting edge computer vision
 * Design clean APIs and implement them using Python and/or Go


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