Verkada

Verkada

Engineering Manager, Atlas (Spatial Systems)

San Mateo, CA United States · Full-time

H1B sponsorship available$220k-$315kDetected 5 days ago
SwiftKotlinReactAlgorithmsCode ReviewMachine LearningData EngineeringAgentic AIValuationCommunication

About the role

  • Atlas is the founding engineering team responsible for the Maps mandate at Verkada.
  • Our mission is to transform the physical world into a high-performance, interactive digital twin.
  • You will be responsible for ensuring that as we scale to 8+ product lines, the map remains a performant, unified, and "multiplayer" experience.

Responsibilities

  • Zero-to-One Execution: Act as a "Player-Coach" to build the V1 of our Spatial System from the ground up. You will own the initial delivery of our image pipeline and set the technical standards for our collaborative editing protocols.
  • Platform Architecture: Lead the design of a modular, plugin-based architecture. You will define the SDKs and APIs that allow 8+ Product Teams (Cameras, Access Control, Alarms, etc.) to overlay their specialized data onto our maps seamlessly.
  • Hire & Mentor: Build the founding Atlas team from scratch (4-6 engineers). You will establish the engineering culture, from code review standards to architectural RFC processes, focusing on high-performance graphics and spatial math.
  • Zero-to-One Execution: Act as a "Player-Coach" to build the V1 of our Spatial System from the ground up.
  • You will own the initial delivery of our image pipeline and set the technical standards for our collaborative editing protocols.
  • Act as a "Player-Coach" to build the V1 of our Spatial System from the ground up.
  • Lead the design of a modular, plugin-based architecture.
  • Build the founding Atlas team from scratch (4-6 engineers).
  • We build the Spatial Systems -the core rendering engine, tiling infrastructure, and collaborative APIs-that power the visual interface for our entire product ecosystem.
  • Atlas does not build siloed features.

Requirements

  • Strategic Communication: The ability to negotiate technical boundaries with other product teams, ensuring a consistent user experience across the entire Verkada "Command" suite.
  • UI Depth & Sophistication: You have led the development of highly complex, state-heavy web or mobile applications.
  • Whether it's through ML, ETL, or complex geometric algorithms, you know how to turn raw inputs into structured, queryable information.
  • The ability to negotiate technical boundaries with other product teams, ensuring a consistent user experience across the entire Verkada "Command" suite.
  • You have led the development of highly complex, state-heavy web or mobile applications.
  • Execution Bias & Technical Grit: You thrive in the high-ambiguity phase of a zero-to-one build. You are a builder who prioritizes shipping high-utility foundations over perfect abstractions, with a proven ability to translate a high-level vision into a tangible, functioning platform in weeks, not months.
  • UI Depth & Sophistication: You have led the development of highly complex, state-heavy web or mobile applications. You understand the performance trade-offs of rendering thousands of interactive entities and have a deep grasp of modern frontend architectures (React, WebGL/WebGPU, Swift/Kotlin).
  • Data Pipeline & ML Maturity: You have experience building sophisticated data pipelines that handle unstructured data at scale. Whether it's through ML, ETL, or complex geometric algorithms, you know how to turn raw inputs into structured, queryable information.
  • 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

Compensation

  • Estimated Annual Pay Range

Benefits

  • Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs
  • Commuter benefits
  • You are a builder who prioritizes shipping high-utility foundations over perfect abstractions, with a proven ability to translate a high-level vision into a tangible, functioning platform in weeks, not months.

Company info

  • 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 Team
  • 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.
  • 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.

Equal opportunity

  • Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer
  • As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • We do sponsor and take over sponsorship of employment visas for this role.
  • If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa.
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