Verkada is a leader in cloud-based B2B physical security. Verkada offers six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace and intercoms — integrated with a single cloud-based software platform.
Designed with simplicity and scalability in mind, Verkada gives organizations the real-time insight to know what could impact the safety and comfort of people throughout their physical environment, while empowering them to take immediate action to minimize security risks, workplace frustrations and costly inefficiencies.
Founded in 2016, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices across three continents, 2,100+ full-time employees and 30,000+ customers across 70+ countries.
Overview
Our Growth Engineering team prides itself on using a first principles approach to unlock new ways of scaling revenue. Using engineering to overcome obstacles and scale/automate with intelligence, we experiment where most marketing teams fall short. Through “hack-iness,” business intuition, and advanced problem solving, you will be critical in driving an efficient and scalable growth motion. The features your team builds will be highly visible to both internal and external stakeholders and will directly impact the growth of the company by providing a state-of-the-art platform and measurement capabilities to enable our product and marketing teams to effectively deliver highly personalized and relevant user experiences to the right people at the right timing with right content at scale.
This position will be based in-person at our HQ in San Mateo, CA.
- Lead and develop a high-performing team by driving recruitment efforts, providing mentorship, and demonstrating strong leadership.
- Strategically plan, prioritize, and oversee project execution to ensure successful delivery of key initiatives.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, marketing, sales, and other departments to develop new Web products that will accelerate our growth.
- Serve as an engineering architect, guiding technical direction, making critical architectural decisions, and developing technical roadmaps to align with business goals.
- Engage in hands-on coding and prototyping to validate concepts, expedite execution, and deepen your understanding of the codebase as you expand the team into a fully-fledged organization.
Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in managing, leading, and inspiring a team of engineers, including hiring, retaining, and managing performance.
- 5+ years of work experience in a software engineering role, with proven technical leadership skills and expertise in designing scalable, reliable, and efficient solutions.
- Proficient in agile team software development and strong project management, delivering complex projects within defined timelines and resource constraints.
- Adept at collaborating cross-functionally, communicating effectively, and aligning efforts to achieve common goals.
- Passionate about technology, staying updated with the latest industry trends and advancements.
- Ability and interest to immediately develop highly visible frontend features and remain hands-on until the team expands.
- (Preferred) Startup experience
US Employee Benefits
Verkada is committed to investing in the holistic health and well-being of all employees and their families. 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 most plans and 80% for family premiums
- Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
- Health Saving Account (HSA) 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
- Wellness/fitness benefits
- Healthy lunches and dinners provided daily
Annual Pay Range
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—$275,000 USD
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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Verkada Inc San Mateo, California, USA Office
406 E. 3rd Ave, San Mateo, CA, United States, 94401
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