Staff Software Engineer

Samsara • San Francisco, CA

3h • Remote

About The Position

We are the Platform team responsible for building foundational systems that drive the Samsara software products. Examples include Alerts, Workflows, Notifications, Reports, User Management, Roles and Permissions, Billing and Invoice etc. We are looking for a Staff Engineer to help us spearhead the technical direction for the team. As a Staff Engineer at Samsara, you will be a technical leader that brings fresh ideas and expertise to guide the team’s technical design and architecture and enable increasingly complex features and customer use cases. You will work on specific projects critical to Samsara’s needs alongside other highly-skilled Samsara engineers and push Samsara’s technical capabilities forward.
This is a remote position open to candidates residing in the US.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years of experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions with at least 2 of those years in an architect or leadership role
• Stellar programming/coding fundamentals
• 4+ year of experience building large scale distributed systems
• 4+ years experience leading cross-organization projects

Nice To Haves

• Mastery in data modeling and full-stack application architecture at a massive scale
• Programming mastery in Go, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, C/C++, or other similar languages
• Expertise working on large-scale enterprise software applications
• Demonstrated ability to ship production-quality software in a dynamic environment
• Expert level knowledge of at-scale stream processing decision engines

Responsibilities

• Drive technology choices, implementing services, and/or establishing architectural patterns that have a broad and lasting impact on Samsara's platform.
• Identify opportunities and initiate strategic conversations to influence the direction of platform technology and engineering culture
• Architect, design, and develop software that enables Samsara to operate at scale
• Lead teams in delivering products and capabilities that contribute to Samsara’s products and revenue.
• Deliver impact by solving the hardest technical problems and enabling products to reach the market quickly and successfully with high quality.
• Keep a platform first approach while collaborating with our infrastructure and product teams to build products, tools and solutions.
• Act as a multiplier for the team, elevating the impact and output of every team member
• Contribute to Samsara’s engineering brand by representing Samsara in external-facing forums
• 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

Benefits

• Full time employees receive a competitive total compensation package along with employee-led remote and flexible working, health benefits, and much, much more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level