Samsara

Staff Software Engineer

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2 months ago
Remote, CanadaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Own technically complex, mission-critical areas and deliver outcomes with broad autonomy.
  • Define and drive technical strategy for new products and platform capabilities.
  • Design and ship full-stack features across backend services, APIs, frontend, and potentially mobile.
  • Build and scale systems behind AI-driven products, including data ingestion, APIs, and operator workflows.
  • Partner with product, design, and customer-facing teams to turn ambiguous problems into technical plans and measurable outcomes.
  • Lead cross-team technical initiatives from inception through rollout.
  • Raise engineering standards through code reviews, design reviews, technical mentorship, and quality and velocity practices.
  • Champion Samsara's cultural principles across global teams and offices.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8+ years of experience in software design and development, including building and operating production systems at scale.
  • Strong full-stack fundamentals across backend services, APIs, and frontend web or mobile development.
  • Proficiency in modern languages and frameworks such as Go, Python, TypeScript or JavaScript, and React.
  • Experience leading cross-team or cross-organization projects from inception through rollout and delivering measurable impact.
  • Experience building AI-powered or data-driven products.
  • Strong communication skills for working with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Track record of building zero-to-one products, substantially improving systems, or solving complex problems.
  • Preferred experience shipping AI-powered production features such as LLM-based products, agentic workflows, or recommendation systems.
  • Preferred experience with operational data such as telematics, sensor data, work orders, or inspections.
  • Preferred experience mentoring senior engineers and influencing engineering culture beyond a single team.
  • Side projects, open-source contributions, or other evidence of curiosity and drive are preferred.

Benefits

  • Remote role open to candidates residing in Canada.
  • Flexible, employee-led remote work model with offices available for in-person work.
  • Professional development stipend.
  • Comprehensive health and parental leave plans.
  • Relocation assistance is not provided.
Samsara

About Samsara

5,001-10,000 employees

Samsara builds a Connected Operations Cloud that uses IoT hardware and software to help fleets and other physical-operations organizations monitor vehicles, assets, and worksites. Its platform spans video-based driver safety, vehicle telematics, equipment monitoring, and mobile workflows, sold as subscriptions with accompanying devices. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, Samsara is a public company on the NYSE (ticker: IOT) serving transportation, construction, manufacturing, field services, and government.

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