Job Description
The role involves leading the architecture and development of Samsara's Cloud Governance Platform, focusing on cloud security, compliance, and supply-chain protections across AWS and GCP, to ensure scalable, secure, and compliant cloud infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the technical direction and architecture of Samsara's Cloud Governance Platform, including cloud IAM, security controls, compliance enforcement, and software supply-chain security.
- Define and own the roadmap and long-term vision for governance and security platforms across AWS and GCP.
- Drive compliance through engineering by translating regulatory frameworks into automated, enforced controls.
- Own software supply-chain security initiatives, including SAST, DAST, and secure CI/CD patterns.
- Partner with Infrastructure, Security, Compliance, and Product Engineering teams to address complex risk and governance challenges.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to a strong engineering culture through technical guidance.
- Communicate architectural decisions, tradeoffs, and risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 8 years of software engineering experience, with significant experience building and operating cloud platforms at scale.
- Deep hands-on expertise in cloud infrastructure AWS, GCP, or similar.
- Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM systems, threat models, and mitigations.
- Proven track record of leading large technical initiatives with cross-team impact.
- Experience designing and operating highly reliable, scalable distributed systems.
- Strong communication skills and ability to influence without direct authority.
- Experience building internal developer platforms or governance systems used across many teams.
- Background in developer tools, infrastructure, or productivity engineering.
- Experience with software supply-chain security practices and tooling.
- Proficiency in Golang, Python, Terraform, or similar platform-focused technologies.
Benefits & Perks
Annual Base Salary Range: $162,400 - $290,000 USD
Flexible working model supporting remote, hybrid, or in-office work
Performance-based bonus and equity options
Comprehensive health and parental leave plans
Professional development stipend
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