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Senior Software Engineer I - Agent Foundations

Samsara
Location not specified
Full Time
Posted January 22, 2026
$180k - $212k
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Job Description

A Senior Software Engineer role focused on building and scaling the core platform for agentic development, enabling automation and coordination of intelligent agents across Samsara's IoT-driven operations platform. The position involves designing reliable backend services, system architecture, and collaborating with internal teams to support large-scale, high-availability systems.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build core infrastructure for multi-agent orchestration, including task planning, coordination, execution, and recovery
  • Define and implement platform primitives and abstractions for building and deploying new agents
  • Design reliable backend services and APIs for agent discovery, state management, scheduling, and observability
  • Architect systems to support scale, resilience, and long-running workflows across multiple concurrent agents
  • Collaborate with internal teams to refine APIs, tooling, and operational feedback loops
  • Drive technical decisions in a high-ambiguity, early-stage environment
  • Own systems end-to-end design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production operation

Requirements

  • Minimum of 4 years of Software Engineering experience.
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience building production systems.
  • Senior-level experience with high-scale backend or distributed systems.
  • Proficiency in Python programming language.
  • Strong system design skills and a production reliability mindset.
  • Comfortable working across the stack as needed.
  • Ability to operate in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
  • Experience with building and maintaining reliable backend services and APIs for agent discovery, state management, scheduling, and observability.
  • Experience defining and implementing platform primitives and abstractions to enable internal teams to build and deploy new agents.
  • Experience designing systems to support scale, resilience, and long-running workflows across multiple concurrent agents.
  • Ownership of systems end-to-end design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production operation.
  • Ability to collaborate with internal teams to refine APIs, tooling, and operational feedback loops.
  • Alignment with Samsara’s cultural principles including Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, and Win as a Team.
  • Residing in the US or Canada (remote position, relocation assistance not provided).

Benefits & Perks

Competitive total compensation package including base salary, bonus, and stock options (RSUs)
Remote and flexible working arrangements
Health benefits

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