Software Engineer II, AI Platform

Samsara is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, enabling organizations to harness IoT data for actionable insights. The Software Engineer II, AI Platform role focuses on developing core platform capabilities for AI-driven experiences and collaborating with cross-functional teams to support scalable AI workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Build and evolve core AI platform capabilities that enable teams to develop, run, and scale GenAI-powered applications across Samsara
• Design and implement shared execution patterns, APIs, and services that support multi-step AI workflows and system integrations
• Develop reliable, extensible backend systems that power AI-driven experiences used across the sales funnel and beyond
• Work hands-on across the stack, from backend services and execution infrastructure to integration with AI models and tooling
• Collaborate closely with AI engineers, data scientists, product partners, and sales operators to turn emerging AI use cases into production-ready platform capabilities

Requirements:

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience (excluding internships/contract roles), with a strong emphasis on building and operating large-scale, production backend or platform systems
• Hands-on experience building and operating GenAI-powered systems in production, including integration with large language models (LLMs) or similar AI services
• Experience implementing GenAI workflows such as prompt orchestration, tool execution, routing, or multi-step reasoning pipelines
• High proficiency in backend programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, Go, or similar) and experience building reliable services with clear input/output schemas
• Expert in Python and substantial knowledge on different GenAI frameworks (e.g., LangChain, OpenAI SDK, MCP, etc.)
• Familiarity with GenAI quality and safety considerations, such as validation of model outputs, structured responses, retries/fallbacks, and basic evaluation or monitoring approaches
• Strong product sense and ability to work in fast-paced, cross-functional environments
• Located in and authorized to work in the United States (this is a fully remote role)
• Experience working on AI products in a sales, go-to-market, or revenue operations context
• Familiarity with enterprise tools like Salesforce, Gong, Outreach, or similar CRM/enablement platforms
• Experience integrating with vector databases, retrieval systems, or streaming voice/chat pipelines
• A track record of leading major technical initiatives or mentoring engineers in high-growth teams
• Exposure to infrastructure considerations such as cost optimization, model evaluation, observability, and latency management