Senior-Staff Software Engineer, Engineering Productivity

Who We Are

Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, AI-powered platform. A leader in cloud physical security, Verkada helps organizations strengthen safety and efficiency through one connected software platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.

Over 30,000 organizations worldwide, including more than 100 companies in the Fortune 500, trust Verkada as their physical security layer for easier management, intelligent control, and scalable deployments. Founded in 2016, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices and 2,200+ full-time employees.

About the Role

We are actively looking for a talented software engineer to join the Infrastructure team with a focus on improving Engineering Productivity, specifically our Bazel and C++ infrastructure. Example projects include optimizing Bazel, extending and onboarding services to Bazel, improving C++ support through Bazel and our entire infrastructure. This will have a cross-company impact allowing engineers to quickly iterate locally on microservices and firmware.

We are committed to a thriving in-office culture. This role requires you to be onsite at our HQ in San Mateo, CA (with flexibility to work from home).

What You'll Do

• Make every engineer’s day-to-day productive and enjoyable!


• Define engineering tooling roadmap


• Own Kubernetes deployment and development tooling


• Build various software and hardware testing frameworks


• Provide technical support for engineers on other teams


• Help with growing the team

What You Bring

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  Minimum of 5 years of experience in a similar position
  Build Systems & Tooling:
  - Strong experience with C/C++ build systems (Make, CMake, Meson, or similar)
  - Deep understanding of C/C++ compilation, linking, and dependency management
  - Experience with build system migration and modernization

  Bazel Expertise:
  - Proven experience with Bazel in large-scale monorepo environments
  - Proficiency in authoring and maintaining custom Bazel rules
  - Experience designing and implementing Bazel toolchains for C/C++ builds
  - Knowledge of Bazel remote execution and caching strategies

  Nice to Have:
  - Experience with bzlmod (Bazel's modern dependency management)
  - Familiarity with cross-platform C/C++ builds (Linux, macOS, Windows)
  - Background in build system performance optimization and incremental compilation
  - Background in firmware development and deployment

US Employee Benefits

Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:

• Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans


• Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage


• Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options


• Expanded mental health support


• Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits


• Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time


• Professional development stipend


• Fertility stipend


• Wellness/fitness benefits


• Healthy lunches provided daily


• Commuter benefits

Additional Information

• 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).

Estimated Hourly Pay Range

$130,000 - $280,000 USD

Annual Pay Range

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. 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)

Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).

Estimated Annual Pay Range

$130,000 - $280,000 USD

Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

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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