Security Software Engineering Intern, Backend - Summer 2025

Verkada is looking for software engineering interns to join our team for an exciting and challenging internship. We are seeking interns who will thrive in a startup culture working alongside teammates to launch products that will be utilized by customers across the globe. As an intern working with the Backend Engineering team, you will have opportunities to work across the full software stack and collaborate cross-functionally to build the latest iterations of Verkada’s flagship software enabling our best-in-class security systems. Responsibilities: Build scalable distributed systems capable of handling high traffic from 100s of thousands of devices deployed around the world Work with high concurrency key-value storage systems (Redis, DynamoDB) Work with Postgres relational databases Work with logging and message passing technologies like Kafka and SQS Deploy services via Terraform and Kubernetes Develop large scale systems to interact with and configure products remotely. Define and improve low-latency, high-throughput, high-reliability microservice architectures Design and develop features incorporating cutting edge computer vision Design clean APIs and implement them using Python and/or Go Requirements: Ability to work at Verkada HQ during winter or summer 2025 Actively pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or similar technical field of study Graduating by June 2026 Prior internship experience developing and launching products Prior internship experience or research involving security Familiar with: Python or Golang, Distributed Systems, Operating Systems, AWS, Docker, etc. Comfortable working in an agile team software development environment Familiar with REST APIs and Linux servers are a plus

Verkada is the largest cloud-based B2B physical security platform company in the world. Only Verkada offers six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace and intercoms — integrated with a single cloud-based software platform. Founded in 2016 with more than $460M in funding raised to date, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 16 offices across three continents, 1,900+ full-time employees and 25,000+ customers across 70+ countries.