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Engineering Manager, Access Control

Verkada

San Mateo, California

Job description

Overview

In this role you will lead a high-performing frontend and backend engineering team to deliver customer-facing initiatives. You'll shape technical direction, collaborate with cross-functional partners, and drive reliable, scalable distributed systems. You will grow engineers, oversee production software delivery, and sustain a culture of engineering excellence. This is an opportunity to multiply impact by guiding a fast-scaling platform that powers millions of real-time events.

Compensation / Benefits
  • Healthcare coverage
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions
  • Paid parental leave
  • Flexible PTO and holidays
  • Professional development stipend
  • Wellness/fitness benefits
Responsibilities
  • Lead and grow a team of frontend and backend engineers through coaching, feedback, career development, and hiring
  • Own delivery for major customer-facing initiatives from concept through production
  • Partner with Product Management, Design, Firmware, Mobile, and other teams to define roadmaps and execute goals
  • Drive technical direction while empowering engineers to make architectural decisions
  • Foster a culture of engineering excellence through code reviews, design discussions, testing, and operational discipline
  • Help build highly reliable, observable, and scalable distributed systems
  • Improve engineering processes, execution, and team health while maintaining high quality standards
  • Participate in hiring and help build an exceptional engineering organization
Key requirements
  • 7+ years of professional software engineering
  • 1+ years managing software engineers
  • Experience building production software across frontend and backend
  • Strong software architecture and system design skills
  • Experience designing and operating distributed systems in production
  • Demonstrated ability to lead large cross-functional technical projects
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Proven ability to attract, hire, mentor, and retain exceptional engineers
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
  • leadership and mentorship
  • excellent written and verbal communication
  • cross-functional collaboration
  • Python
  • Go
  • React

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