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# Software Engineering Manager - Alarms

- **Company:** Verkada Inc.
- **Location:** San Mateo, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering
- **Published:** August 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://us.experteer.com/career/view-jobs/software-engineering-manager-alarms-san-mateo-ca-usa-58915106

## About the Role

response layer into Verkada platform Tasks * 2+ years leading, mentoring, and scaling engineering teams * 5+ years of software engineering experience building scalable, reliable distributed systems * Experience with real-time or high-availability systems where latency and uptime matter * Track record of driving product outcomes through close collaboration with product management Key requirements * Healthcare programs coverage * Nationwide medical, vision and dental * Health Savings Account with employer contributions * Flexible PTO and holidays * Mental health support * Professional development stipend

## Description

Experteer Overview As Engineering Manager for the Alarms team, you shape the response layer that governs post-alarm actions. You'll own the real-time workflow engine and vision-language pipeline, guiding autonomous decisions vs human oversight. You'll set reliability standards for a mission-critical, large-scale system and grow a cross-functional team. Work closely with product, monitoring operations, and other teams to extend the alarm platform across Verkada's ecosystem. This is a hands-on leadership role in a fast-growing, AI-powered security platform. Compensation / Benefits * Define AI autonomy boundaries in collaboration with product and monitoring operations * Own the real-time workflow engine and vision-language pipeline for mid-incident SOP adaptation * Set and maintain reliability bar for a high-availability system * Hire and grow the engineering team * Partner with PM on roadmap and with operators using monitoring tools * Collaborate across product teams to extend the response layer into Verkada platform Tasks * 2+ years leading, mentoring, and scaling engineering teams * 5+ years of software engineering experience building scalable, reliable distributed systems * Experience with real-time or high-availability systems where latency and uptime matter * Track record of driving product outcomes through close collaboration with product management Key requirements * Healthcare programs coverage * Nationwide medical, vision and dental * Health Savings Account with employer contributions * Flexible PTO and holidays * Mental health support * Professional development stipend


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