Senior-Staff Software Engineer, Engineering Productivity

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).

• Make every engineer’s day-to-day productive and enjoyable!

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

• 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.

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 .

This estimate can vary based on the factors described above, so the actual starting base pay may be above or below this range. Base pay 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).