Senior-Staff Software Engineer, Engineering Productivity

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. 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 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 emp