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Staff Software Engineer - Platform

Samsara
Location not specified
Full Time
Posted November 5, 2025
$157k - $281k
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Job Description

A senior technical leadership role responsible for designing, developing, and guiding the architecture of scalable platform systems that support Samsara's IoT-based products and services, with a focus on driving innovation, technical excellence, and customer impact.

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive technology choices, implement services, and establish architectural patterns for the platform.
  • Architect, design, and develop scalable software solutions.
  • Lead teams in delivering products and capabilities that contribute to company revenue.
  • Solve complex technical problems to enable successful product market launches.
  • Collaborate with infrastructure and product teams to build tools and solutions with a platform-first approach.
  • Act as a technical leader to influence platform technology and engineering culture.
  • Represent Samsara externally to contribute to the company's engineering brand.

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 years of experience building large scale distributed systems
  • 4 years experience leading cross-organization projects
  • 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
  • Expert level knowledge of at-scale stream processing decision engines
  • Demonstrated ability to ship production-quality software in a dynamic environment
  • Experience working on large-scale enterprise software applications

Benefits & Perks

Compensation/salary range: $157,360 - $281,000 USD annually
Employee-led remote and flexible working
Health benefits
Total compensation package including base salary, bonuses, variable pay, and restricted stock units (RSUs)
Opportunities for RSU refresh grants and above-market equity awards based on performance

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