As the Senior/Staff Software Engineer on the Growth Systems team, you will play an integral role in building and scaling our growth systems. Through "hack-iness," business intuition, and advanced problem solving, you will be critical in driving an efficient and scalable growth motion. The features you build will be highly visible to both internal and external stakeholders and will directly impact the growth of the company by providing a state of the art platform and measurement capabilities to enable our product and marketing teams to effectively deliver highly personalized and relevant marketing campaigns to the right people at the right timing with right content at scale.ResponsibilitiesDevelop technology solutions focusing on digital marketing, including lead generation, prospect pipeline development, customer journey mapping, and other marketing engineering facets.Create and implement marketing automation solutions and data models to facilitate personalized marketing strategies and enhance customer experiences.Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Product, and Design teams to interpret complex business needs, detail feature specifications, and execute them, thereby enhancing the end-user experience.Guide and lead engineering teams, both within and external to your immediate group, in crafting and deploying these technological solutions.Foster a culture committed to technical excellence, from the initial design phase through code review and into production operations.Own the design, development, deployment, and innovation of advanced functions in the strategic area of generative AI to drive business impact and improve customer experienceRequirements6+ years of relevant software development industry experience in a fast-paced tech environment with a BS/Masters or 3+ years with a PhD.Experience leading and shipping large initiatives with high business impact.Experience owning software architecture and API designGood judgment in making tradeoffs to balance short-term business needs with long-term technical qualityAbility to learn new systems / technologies quicklyAbility to communicate cross-functionally, derive requirements, and architect solutions without a PM(preferred) Proficiency in pythonUS Employee BenefitsVerkada is committed to investing in the holistic health and wellbeing of all employees and their families. 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 - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under most plans and 80% for family premiumsNationwide medical, vision and dental coverageHealth Saving Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving optionsExpanded mental health supportPaid parental leave policy & fertility benefitsTime off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick timeProfessional development stipendWellness/fitness benefitsHealthy lunches and dinners provided daily
