Staff / Principal
Samsara- Base salary
- $162k–$290k Published base salary range
- Location
- Remote - US Remote eligibility
- Employment
- Full-time Staff / Principal
About the job
About the role
The Developer Experience team at Samsara builds the tooling and infrastructure that Samsara's engineers use every day. We are hiring a Staff Software Engineer to help set technical direction for the team, working on everything from CI/CD pipelines to AI coding agents. This role is remote and open to candidates based in the US.
In this role, you'll
- Help shape the technical direction of our developer platform — CI/CD, build systems, and the AI agents engineers interact with daily
- Design and build AI agents that take real work off engineers' plates: coding, code review, test generation, release automation, and incident response
- Scale our tooling so it can keep up as the engineering org grows, without sacrificing reliability or developer happiness
- Standardize tools and practices so good ideas spread instead of getting reinvented on every team
- Raise the technical bar through code reviews, design discussions, and mentorship
- Partner with engineering leadership on the bets worth making, and be honest about tradeoffs
- Represent Samsara externally when it makes sense — talks, open source, helping us become a place great engineers want to work
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 a large engineering org (hundreds of engineers or more)
- You've shipped real work with AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, custom agents) — not just tried them out
- Strong skills in Go, Python, TypeScript, or a similar language
- A track record of making engineers measurably faster — quicker builds, easier deploys, less toil, happier developers
- Comfort working in ambiguity and getting teams aligned without needing formal authority
Compensation and benefits
Annual base salary range: $162,400—$290,000 USD. This role is also eligible for an initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff, and ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance. Samsara offers a flexible, employee-led remote model, a professional development stipend, comprehensive health and parental leave plans, and more.
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