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# Backend Software Engineer - University Graduate 2027

- **Company:** Verkada Inc.
- **Location:** San Mateo, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** $120,000.0 - $140,000.0
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Computer Vision, Relational Databases, Amazon DynamoDB, Integrated Development Environments, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Message Passing Interface, Redis, Software Engineering, Data Logging, Backend, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Restful APIs, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform
- **Published:** November 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/career/18826008/Backend-Software-Engineer-University-Graduate-2027-California-San-Mateo

## About the Role

* BS/MS in Computer Science or similar technical field of study
 * Internship 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
 * Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week

## Description

We are looking for software engineers who thrive in a high growth environment working alongside teammates to launch products and features that will be utilized by customers across the globe. As part of the Software Engineering team, you'll have ownership of one or more projects on various product or platform facing teams. You will work across the full software stack and collaborate cross functionally to build the latest iterations of Verkada's flagship software, enabling our best-in-class security systems.
We are committed to a thriving in-office culture. This role requires that you be on-site at our HQ in San Mateo, CA.
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