# Senior Backend Engineer - Access Control at Verkada

- Company: Verkada
- What the company does: Modern, cloud-managed security cameras, access control, and smart building solutions in a single, fully integrated security system. Free 30-day trial. Easy setup. Backed by General Catalyst, Lightspeed and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.verkada.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Mateo, CA United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-08
- Apply by: 2026-10-23
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/verkada/jobs/5233103007
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/verkada-senior-backend-engineer-access-control/

## About the role

We are a small, dynamic team focused on building cloud-managed access control systems. Access Control is our second major product line. Our Access Control solution allows users to manage their doors, schedules, and user credentials from virtually anywhere on their laptop or phone. We consider our team a startup within a startup, with a fair amount of ownership and autonomy. You’ll be working alongside a dynamic team of firmware, backend, and frontend engineers to develop this product line.

## What they're looking for

- BS or a graduate degree in Computer Science, Maths, Engineering, or science
- 5+ years of industry software engineering experience
- Proficiency in at least one common server programming language (Python, Go)
- Experience in scalable distributed system design, including databases, queues and blob storage
- Experience working in an agile team software development environment
- Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week

Tags: Access Control