Engineering Manager, Core Platform
At a glance
Manager-level Engineering Leadership role at Verkada. San Mateo · full-time · $200,000–$285,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Lead projects for Command, coordinating work across the frontend and backend engineers on your team
- Write code or build prototypes yourself while guiding the team toward polished, easy-to-use product experiences
- Work with Product and Design to shape and ship features for users and customers
- Set priorities and working practices with engineering leaders, and promote standards that keep code maintainable
- Assess emerging web technologies and encourage knowledge sharing, skill development, and career growth
What you bring
- At least four years leading engineering teams, including hiring, retention, and performance management
- Eight or more years working in software engineering, with experience across both frontend and backend
- A computer science or related engineering degree, plus working knowledge of a server-side framework and a database system
- Experience delivering software with an agile team and a strong eye for design and product polish
Who this fits
This manager role suits someone who can lead engineers while still contributing code or prototypes. You'll guide a team that includes frontend and backend engineers, and the stated location is San Mateo, United States. The listed annual pay range is $200,000 to $285,000.
From the employer
Who We Are
Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.
We’ve got serious momentum in the market: more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), a $5.8B valuation, more than $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, Next47 and more. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it.
You can look at all kinds of communities to see our platform’s impact in the world. It's the retailer that uses our agentic AI to deter theft before it happens. The warehouse that uses AI-powered alerts to make sure its team is protected on the floor with proper PPE. The school that’s alerted to a threat in real-time and triggers a lockdown in seconds, not minutes. We’re rapidly scaling this impact: today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries.
OverviewWe are looking for an experienced manager to join the Verkada Core Platform team. We are building the platform and shared services that will enable Verkada to quickly bring to market a suite of IoT devices and to power Verkada’s “operating system for buildings.” As a member of the Core team, you will be the architect, designer, and developer in a broad range of projects.
Responsibilities
- Lead projects impacting our Command product- it will include both frontend and backend engineers in your team
- Be able to roll up your sleeves and actively write code or prototype new features
- Inspire your team to create highly polished and delightful user experiences
- Work closely with Product and Design to build and ship features and delight users and customers
- Collaborate with other engineering leaders to define, communicate, and execute on goals, priorities and process
- Drive the adoption of best practices, coding standards, and development methodologies to ensure the delivery of high-quality, maintainable code.
- Stay current with emerging technologies, trends, and industry developments, evaluating their potential impact on our web platforms and recommending innovative solutions.
- Foster a culture of continuous learning and professional development within the web engineering team, encouraging knowledge sharing, skill-building, and career growth opportunities.
Qualifications
- 4+ years experience managing, leading, and inspiring a team of engineers; including hiring, retaining, and managing performance.
- 8+ years of work experience in a software engineering roles
- Experience with both backend and frontend
- Experience working in an agile team software development environment
- Eye for design, product details, and polish
- Working knowledge of at least one server-side framework and one database system
- Degree in Computer Science or related Engineering field
Perks & Benefits:
- Generous company paid medical, dental & vision insurance coverage
- Unlimited paid time off & 11 companywide paid holidays
- Wellness allowance
- Commuter benefits
- Healthy lunches and dinners provided daily
- Generous paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
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$200,000—$285,000 USDVerkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer
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