Backend Software Engineering Intern 2027

About Verkada

Verkada builds an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform for physical security, including video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.

About the Role

Join the Backend Engineering team for a winter or summer 2027 internship. Work across the software stack and collaborate cross-functionally to build and launch features for Verkada’s security systems used by customers worldwide. This role requires on-site work at Verkada’s headquarters in San Mateo, California.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable distributed systems handling high traffic from hundreds of thousands of devices worldwide.
• Work with high-concurrency key-value storage systems, including Redis and DynamoDB, and Postgres relational databases.
• Use logging and message-passing technologies such as Kafka and SQS.
• Deploy services using Terraform and Kubernetes.
• Develop large-scale systems to interact with and configure products remotely.
• Define and improve low-latency, high-throughput, highly reliable microservice architectures.
• Design and develop features incorporating computer vision.
• Design clean APIs and implement them using Python and/or Go.

Qualifications

• Available to work at Verkada headquarters during winter or summer 2027.
• Actively pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science or a similar technical field, graduating by June 2028.
• Prior internship experience developing and launching products.
• Familiarity with Python or Go, distributed systems, operating systems, AWS, and Docker.
• Comfortable working in an agile team software development environment.
• Familiarity with REST APIs and Linux servers is a plus.

Compensation and Benefits

• Estimated hourly pay: $55–$65 USD. Actual starting pay may fall above or below this range based on location, skills, experience, market demands, and internal parity.
• Monthly housing stipend, wellness/fitness benefits, and commuter benefits.
• Daily catered on-site lunch, barista-made drinks, and snacks.
• Intern events and mixers, cross-functional collaboration, executive Lunch & Learns, team-building activities, and mentorship opportunities.
• Depending on the role, additional compensation may include sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or restricted stock units.

Visa Sponsorship and Application Information

• Verkada offers employment visa sponsorship and sponsorship transfers for this role, making every reasonable effort to obtain a visa following an offer.
• Applications are handled in accordance with Verkada’s Candidate Privacy Policy.