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Software Engineer - Computer Vision

Verkada

San Mateo, CAFull-time$265K/yrPosted 5 days agoStill listed 4 days ago

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Compensation
$265K/yr
Location
San Mateo, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Master's degree, required

Job overview

Verkada is hiring a Software Engineer - Computer Vision to develop and deploy machine learning models and algorithms for detecting and tracking people and objects across cameras. The role also prototypes product features and contributes to the design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance, and improvement of software. The candidate must work onsite five days per week and have a master's degree and one year of professional experience in computer vision and machine learning.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Assessment, nice to haveComputer Vision, nice to haveData Structures, nice to haveTensorFlow, nice to havePrivacy, nice to havePython, nice to haveMachine Learning, nice to haveKeras, nice to havePyTorch, nice to haveCaffe, nice to haveEquity, nice to haveProgramming Languages, required

Qualifications

Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or Related, required1 Year Professional Experience, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Parental Leave
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

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.

What You'll Do

  • Implement and deploy machine learning models for detecting people and objects across hundreds of cameras.

  • Develop algorithms for detecting and tracking people and objects in the scene.

  • Prototype new features and work with the team to integrate them into our product.

  • Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve the software.

What You Bring

  • A Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a closely related field

  • One year of professional experience in computer vision and machine learning

  • Knowledge of Python

  • Knowledge of data structures

  • Knowledge of Programming languages

  • Knowledge of TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, Caffe, or similar

  • Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week

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

  • Starting January 2027, Verkada will match a portion of an employee’s 401(k) contributions based on eligible earnings. Match vests on 2 year anniversary

  • 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

  • Wellness/fitness benefits

  • Healthy lunches provided daily

  • Commuter benefits

Additional Information

• You must be independently authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role, at this time.

Annual Pay Range

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. 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)

Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).

Estimated Annual Pay Range $265,000—$265,000 USD

Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

Your application will be handled in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Policy.

How this job compares

Set against the 41,554 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$265K/yr
  • California median$165–249K/yr7,770 salary ranges
  • US median$135–219K/yr33,110 salary ranges

This rate, $265K, is 29% above the California median midpoint ($205K) — in the top quarter of Software Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 9,674 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 41,554 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 34,072 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a master's degree; 596 of the 41,554 open Software Engineer jobs (1%) ask for a master's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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