Engineering Manager, Agentic Workflows

Engineering Manager, Agentic Workflows Verkada - 3.1 San Mateo, CA Job Details Full-time $200,000 - $350,000 a year 1 day ago Benefits Commuter assistance Paid parental leave Health savings account Paid holidays Health insurance Dental insurance Flexible spending account Paid time off Parental leave Vision insurance Qualifications 7 years Go Automation Startup experience Software coding Team development Incident response Team management Prototype creation Implementing APIs Technical writing Senior level AI TypeScript Prototypes Python Full Job Description Who We Are Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, AI-powered platform. A leader in cloud physical security, Verkada helps organizations strengthen safety and efficiency through one connected software platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management. Over 30,000 organizations worldwide, including more than 100+ companies in the Fortune 500, trust Verkada as their physical security layer for easier management, intelligent control, and scalable deployments. Founded in 2016, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices and 2,200+ full-time employees. About the Role We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a new team focused on building AI agents that improve engineering velocity, reliability, and developer experience across the company. This team will operate with a 01 charter inside our Infrastructure / DevX organization, developing agentic systems that automate workflows such as CI failure triage, autonomous deployments, incident response, and proactive bug detection. The work will have a broad impact across all engineering teams by reducing toil and enabling faster iteration. This role is both strategic and hands-on: you will define the roadmap, build and grow the team, and actively contribute to prototyping and development. What You'll Do Make every engineer more productive by eliminating repetitive workflows through AI agents Define and own the agent roadmap: what to automate, in what order, and how to measure success Build and lead a small, high-impact team of engineers Contribute hands-on to prototyping, coding, and unblocking technical challenges Establish evaluation frameworks for agent performance (golden tasks, regression sets, replay, LLM-as-judge) Partner closely with Infrastructure, Security, and DevX teams to integrate agents into core workflows Drive high engineering standards through design docs, RFCs, and strong execution What You Bring 7+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years in engineering management Proven experience shipping production systems, including agentic or automation-heavy workflows Strong hands-on coding ability in Python, Go, or TypeScript Experience building systems that interact with APIs, tools, and external services (not just prompt-based interfaces) Demonstrated ability to define metrics and evaluate system performance rigorously Experience writing clear technical design documents and driving alignment Nice to Have Experience building or managing developer tooling or internal platforms Familiarity with agent frameworks or orchestration systems Experience in monorepo environments Startup or early-stage team experience (01 or small team scaling) US 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 - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options Expanded mental health support Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time Professional development stipend Fertility Stipend Wellness/fitness benefits Healthy lunches provided daily Commuter benefits 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. 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