Staff Software Engineer, DevEx

Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, enabling organizations that depend on physical operations to harness IoT data for actionable insights. We are hiring a Staff Software Engineer for our Developer Experience team to help set technical direction for the team, working on CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and AI coding agents.

In this role, you will:

• Help shape the technical direction of our developer platform — CI/CD, build systems, and AI agents
• Design and build AI agents for coding, code review, test generation, release automation, and incident response
• Scale tooling to keep up with org growth without sacrificing reliability or developer happiness
• Standardize tools and practices across teams
• Raise the technical bar through code reviews, design discussions, and mentorship
• Partner with engineering leadership on strategic bets
• Represent Samsara externally through talks and open source

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years building software, with at least 2 years in an architect or technical leadership role
• Strong programming and design fundamentals
• 4+ years working on large-scale distributed systems
• 4+ years leading technical projects across multiple teams

Nice to have: Experience building developer platforms, internal tooling, or CI/CD for large orgs; shipped real work with AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot); strong skills in Go, Python, TypeScript; track record of making engineers measurably faster.

Compensation: Annual base salary $162,400—$290,000 USD, plus initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff, performance-based bonus/variable pay, and comprehensive health and parental leave plans.