Staff Software Engineer

Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, a platform that enables organizations that depend on physical operations to harness IoT data for actionable insights. The platform processes 25+ trillion data points annually from IoT sensors, cameras, and connected devices. This role is remote and open to candidates residing in the US. Relocation assistance will not be provided.

• Take ownership of technically complex, mission-critical areas and run with them.
• Define and drive technical strategy for new products and platform capabilities, from backend services and APIs to customer-facing UI.
• Design and ship full-stack features end to end, working across backend, frontend, and potentially mobile to deliver AI-powered products.
• Partner with product, design, and customer-facing teams to translate ambiguous, real-world problems into clear technical plans and measurable outcomes.
• Build and scale systems behind AI-driven products, including data ingestion, APIs, and workflows.
• Raise the bar for engineers through code reviews, design reviews, technical mentorship, and setting standards for quality, velocity, and craft.
• Champion Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team).

• 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: comfortable working across backend services, APIs, and frontend (web or mobile).
• Proficiency in modern languages and frameworks (Go, Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, React, or similar).
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-team or cross-org projects from inception through rollout.
• Experience building AI-powered or data-driven products.
• Strong communication skills and ability to translate between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A track record of building zero-to-one products or solving hard problems.

• Experience shipping AI-powered features in production, such as LLM-based products, agentic workflows, or recommendation systems.
• Comfort with modern AI-augmented development workflows (Cursor, LLMs, etc.).
• Background with real-world operational data (telematics, sensor data, work orders, inspections) or strong interest in learning the domain.
• Proven track record of mentoring senior engineers and influencing engineering culture.
• Side projects, open-source contributions, or other signals of curiosity.

Annual base salary range: $154,800—$212,850 CAD. Eligible for an initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff, and ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance. Total rewards include performance-based bonus/variable pay, equity, flexible remote model, professional development stipend, comprehensive health and parental leave plans, and more.

Apply through the Samsara careers page. For accommodations, email accessibleinterviewing@samsara.com or click the provided link. Samsara uses Tofu for fraud detection. Official communication will only come from emails ending in @samsara.com, @us-greenhouse-mail.io, or @mail3.guide.co.