Samsara

Senior Software Engineer

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2 months ago
Remote, CanadaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Own technically complex, mission-critical areas and deliver results with high 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.
  • Partner with product, design, and customer-facing teams to translate ambiguous operational problems into technical plans and measurable outcomes.
  • Build and scale systems behind AI-driven products, including data ingestion, APIs, and operator workflows.
  • Raise engineering standards through code reviews, design reviews, technical mentorship, and quality and velocity leadership.
  • Champion Samsara’s cultural principles across the organization.

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/JavaScript, and React, or similar technologies.
  • Experience leading cross-team or cross-organization projects from inception through rollout and delivering measurable impact.
  • Experience building AI-powered or data-driven products and turning AI capabilities into customer-facing products.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to translate between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Track record of building zero-to-one products, improving systems, or solving difficult technical problems.
  • Experience shipping AI-powered production features such as LLM-based products, agentic workflows, recommendation systems, or other customer-facing AI is preferred.
  • Experience with real-world operational data such as telematics, sensor data, work orders, or inspections is preferred.
  • Experience mentoring senior engineers and influencing engineering culture, standards, and practices beyond a single team is preferred.
  • Side projects, open-source contributions, or other evidence of curiosity and drive are preferred.

Benefits

  • Remote role open to candidates residing in the US; relocation assistance is not provided.
  • Flexible employee-led remote model with offices available for employees who prefer in-person work.
  • Professional development stipend.
  • Comprehensive health and parental leave plans.
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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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