Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure
Verkada
San Mateo, CA · $120k–$220k a year · Posted November 1, 2026
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November 2026
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Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
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- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $170,000 a year. Across 816 open software engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $150,000 to $247,000 and the median is $192,500. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 12% below the median.
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About the job
...to be onsite at our HQ in San Mateo, CA.What You'll DoDesign, develop, test, and deploy software to manage and automate our cloud infrastructure.Collaborate with other engineering teams to understand their infrastructure needs and provide robust solutions.Contribute to...