Sr Software Engineer I

Samsara is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, enabling organizations to harness IoT data for actionable insights. The role of Sr. Software Engineer I involves leading the design and evolution of systems that integrate real-time data processing and AI-powered insights to enhance safety management in various industries.

Responsibilities:

• Independently deliver well-scoped customer-facing features and platform capabilities from design and implementation through rollout and follow-through in production
• Build reliable services, APIs, and web experiences, improving existing systems while shipping new capabilities
• Contribute to AI-powered workflows and experiences using modern LLM tooling, including evaluation, iteration, and human-in-the-loop patterns
• Make thoughtful technical tradeoffs across speed, maintainability, scalability, and customer impact
• Collaborate across Engineering, Product, Design, ML, and platform teams to deliver cohesive customer experiences
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices

Requirements:

• 18 months+ of relevant software engineering experience building, shipping, and operating reliable customer-facing production systems
• Experience developing features or end-to-end solutions across backend services, APIs, and modern web applications
• Ability to independently own moderately complex projects or features within a release or two, with strong execution and follow-through
• Experience writing clean, efficient, maintainable code and reviewing peer code for correctness and clarity
• Ability to make thoughtful technical tradeoffs across performance, scalability, maintainability, and delivery speed
• Experience using metrics, logs, tests, or tracing to debug issues, validate releases, and improve reliability
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across engineering and cross-functional partners
• Experience or demonstrated interest in AI-native development, including LLMs and workflow automation
• A growth mindset, strong product intuition, and excitement for learning new technologies and building impactful customer experiences
• Experience building and scaling customer-facing AI/LLM-powered products in production environments
• Experience working across the stack with modern technologies such as Go, GraphQL, TypeScript, React, and AWS
• Familiarity with observability, rollout practices, and monitoring approaches that improve product reliability and operational excellence
• Experience operating in fast-paced, highly collaborative environments with distributed teams