Linux Embedded Software Engineer
Verkada · Poland · 2y ago
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.
About the Role
We're focused on hiring embedded software engineers that understand not only the lower-level systems, but also how everything integrates together from the hardware to the UI. You’ll be working closely on one side with our hardware vendors and ME/EE people, and on the other side with server and UI engineers, industrial designers, and our operations team. If you’re looking for a fast-paced environment where your work is regularly shipping to customers and improving people’s safety, this is the place for you!
What You'll Do
- Develop features for Linux embedded platforms - access control, intercoms, alarms
- Bring up and integrate the full stack: build system, kernel, drivers and userspace on real hardware
- Develop userspace applications
- Debug across the stack
- Define architecture and design new features
- Build prototypes and proofs of concept
- Take projects from inception through deployment to customer support
- Support the manufacturing process
What You Bring
- 3+ years of experience working with embedded Linux
- Strong, hands-on C skills - you will create, extend and debug a real production C codebase
- Solid Linux fundamentals: processes, IPC, filesystems, boot flow, on-target debugging, networking
- Experience with a multi-layered build system (Yocto/Buildroot)
- Bash (CLI e.g. tar, find, grep, sed; basic scripting)
- Git
- Communicative Polish and English (in writing and speaking)
- Ability to work in Polish on a daily basis (minimum C1)
- Ability to commute to the Verkada office in Kraków every Thursday
Nice to Have
- Practical, in-depth knowledge of Yocto is a big plus
- Experience with the Go programming language is a big plus
- Ability to read schematics and debug hardware issues
- Bootloaders (U-Boot), secure boot
- Programming in Python, C++ or Rust
- Working with lab equipment (scopes, multimeters, soldering stations, etc.)
- Experience with RTOSes (e.g. Zephyr, FreeRTOS, Micrium OS)
- Linux kernel module programming
Poland 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
- Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
- Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays and flexible PTO
- Professional development stipend
- Wellness/fitness benefits
- Healthy lunches provided daily
- Commuter benefits
Great Place To Work 2026 Certified
Recruitment Process
- Recruiter screen (remote)
- Technical screen (remote)
- Inclusiveness (remote)
- Technical interview (on-site, Kraków)
- Inclusiveness 2 (on-site, Kraków)
- Interview with the US team (remote)
- Final decision / offer
Additional Information
- 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.
Pay Disclosure
At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best talent, and compensate people in a way that appropriately and fairly values their contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine appropriate compensation and pay, including skills and experience, as well as market demands and technical expertise. For this role, Verkada estimates that compensation will fall within the range specified below, as adjusted if you are paid hourly. Pay will vary based on a number of factors, including your frequency of work and the factors mentioned above. However, standard pay is just one of Verkada’s total rewards package. Depending on your position, you may also be eligible for additional forms of compensation, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer
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