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Staff Software Engineer - Platform

Samsara
Location not specified
Full Time
Posted January 16, 2026
$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 launches with high quality.
  • 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.
  • Contribute to the company's engineering brand through external representation.
  • Mentor and elevate team members to increase overall team impact.

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 of 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
  • 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

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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