Senior Backend Engineer - Streaming

• Design and evolve highly scalable, cloud-native services that power video and audio streaming for millions of devices
• Architect and optimize distributed, real-time data pipelines that connect cameras, the cloud, and end users with low latency and high reliability
• Build and operate a high-performance video transcoding and multiplexing service that is fault-tolerant, cost-efficient, and capable of scaling to massive workloads
• Define and refine service-oriented architectures, APIs, and interfaces that enable streaming to scale seamlessly across our platform
• Develop clean, reliable, and testable backend code that performs under heavy load and ensures a flawless customer experience
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, hardware, and infrastructure teams to deliver new video capabilities and experiences that raise the bar for the industry
• Champion engineering excellence by driving performance, reliability, and best practices across the organization

• 4+ years of backend development experience in Go or Python
• 4+ years experience designing and building large-scale, resilient distributed systems using service-oriented or microservice architectures
• 3+ years experience with cloud infrastructure, containerization, and deployment automation (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, or similar)
• 3+ years experience with databases, queues, blob storage, and distributed systems fundamentals
• You bring a systems design mindset, able to simplify complex workflows and deliver scalable, efficient solutions
• You care deeply about performance, reliability, and security, and have a track record of building services that excel in all three
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment, demonstrate creativity and sound judgment, and take ownership of problems end to end

Bonus: you’ve worked with IoT devices, real-time streaming technologies, or multimedia formats such as H.264/H.265, FFmpeg, or similar pipelines

• Build the video streaming backbone of one of the fastest-growing companies in physical security
• Tackle some of the most challenging and rewarding problems at the intersection of distributed systems, real-time data, and multimedia
• Collaborate with top-tier engineers and see your work make an immediate impact on products trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide
• Join a company with proven product–market fit—enjoy the speed, ownership, and impact of a startup, with the stability of a healthy, scaling business
• Grow a career at a place that values innovation, technical excellence, and end-to-end ownership
• We support global talent: Verkada sponsors employment visas and can assume existing sponsorships