Senior Software Engineer II

Samsara•San Francisco, CA

10d•Remote

About The Position

Samsara (NYSE: IOT) sits at the center of hardware, software, AI, and the physical world. The platform processes over 25 trillion data points annually from IoT sensors, cameras, and connected devices across thousands of organizations. The company is growing rapidly, with approximately $2 billion in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) and a year-over-year growth rate exceeding 30%. A significant portion of their largest customers utilize two or more products. The fastest-growing divisions are focused on challenging, ambiguous problems, including building new products from scratch, applying AI and Machine Learning to large-scale real-world datasets, and developing capabilities that transform how organizations manage equipment, fleets, and daily operations. Much of this work is foundational ('zero-to-one') and operates at a billion-dollar scale. Samsara is seeking software engineers to define and build future products. The role's leveling is broad and flexible, hiring from Senior through Staff+ across platform and product, with the potential to shape the scope based on the candidate's strengths and interests. This role is remote and open to candidates residing in the US. Relocation assistance will not be provided.

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, comfortable working across backend services, APIs, and frontend (web or mobile) to ship complete products.
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, including managing ambiguity, driving alignment, and delivering measurable impact.
Experience building AI-powered or data-driven products; ability to take AI capabilities and turn them into products customers love.
Strong communication skills and the ability to translate between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
A track record of building zero-to-one products, systems you left in a meaningfully better place, or hard problems you refused to let stay unsolved.

Nice To Haves

Experience shipping AI-powered features in production, whether that's LLM-based products, agentic workflows, recommendation systems, or other customer-facing AI.
Comfort with modern AI-augmented development workflows (Cursor, LLMs, etc.) to multiply your output and accelerate delivery.
Background working with real-world operational data (telematics, sensor data, work orders, inspections) or a strong interest in learning the domain.
A proven track record of mentoring senior engineers and influencing engineering culture, standards, and best practices beyond a single team.
Side projects, open-source contributions, or other signals of curiosity and drive outside the scope of your day job.

Responsibilities

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 the 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 the systems behind AI-driven products, including data ingestion, APIs, and the workflows that put intelligence into the hands of operators.
Raise the bar for the engineers around you through code reviews, design reviews, technical mentorship, and by setting a standard for quality, velocity, and craft.
Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices.