Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, AI-powered platform. A leader in cloud physical security, Verkada helps organizations strengthen safety and efficiency through one connected software platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.
Over 30,000 organizations worldwide, including more than 100 companies in the Fortune 500, trust Verkada as their physical security layer for easier management, intelligent control, and scalable deployments. Founded in 2016, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices and 2,200+ full-time employees.
We're focused on hiring embedded software engineers that understand not only the lower-level systems, but also how everything integrates together from the hardware to the UI. You’ll be working closely on one side with our hardware vendors and ME/EE people, and on the other side with server and UI engineers, industrial designers, and our operations team. If you’re looking for a fast-paced environment where your work is regularly shipping to customers and improving people’s safety, this is the place for you!
What You'll Do
- Develop features for embedded platforms including Access Control, Alarms, Sensors, and Cameras, targeting bare-metal and RTOS-based systems
- Debug, solve problems, and do code reviews
- Define architecture, design of new features, and functionalities.
- Take part in projects from inception to deployment and customer support.
- Build prototypes and work on proofs of concept
- Research on technologies we are interested in for new products
- Work in a cross-functional team
What You Bring
- +5 years of experience in embedded system software development
- +5 years of experience in C or C++ programming
- Experience with Python or other scripting languages
- Experience with Git
- Strong electrical engineering background
Nice to have any of:
- Experience with Sub-GHz radio communication protocols
- Experience with Bluetooth / BLE
- Experience working with RTOS-based systems
- Linux user space experience
- Basic understanding of electrical circuits and usage of lab equipment (multimeters, etc)
- Bash scripting
- Go programing
- Yocto
- Linux kernel modules programming
- Secure boot / security
- Bootloaders ( ex. U-boot)
- TCP/IP stack
Poland 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
- 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 provided daily
- Commuter benefits
Perks & Benefits:
- Health care allowance
- Daily Lunches Wellness / Fitness allowance
- Commuter benefits
- Professional development budget
- Fun Fund / person
- 26 days off + additional company wide paid holidays
- Company shares
- B2B contract (with all above perks & benefits) or regular employment contract (UoP)
Employee Pay Disclosure
At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate’s skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. For this role, Verkada estimates a starting base salary will fall in the range of approximately 17 000 PLN - 60 000 PLN netto / month for B2B contracts and 14 000 PLN - 51 000 PLN brutto / month for UoP contracts. This estimate can vary based on the factors described above, so the actual starting base salary may be above or below this range. Base salary is also just one component of Verkada’s total rewards package. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
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 Austin, Texas, USA Office
200 W Cesar Chavez St, Ste 350, Austin, TX, United States, 78701
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