Senior Staff Software Engineer – STCE

🕒 April 21

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Samsara

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2015

🏢 Enterprise

🚗 Transport

🔐 Security

💰 Seed Round on 2014-08

Enterprise • Transport • Security

Samsara is a technology company that provides a comprehensive operations platform aimed at improving the efficiency, safety, and sustainability of organizations. Their solutions include video-based safety, vehicle telematics, equipment monitoring, workforce applications, and site visibility. Samsara serves a wide range of industries, including transportation, logistics, construction, and government. The platform connects people, systems, and data, enabling organizations to make faster, data-informed decisions. Samsara's Connected Operations technology helps complex organizations operate more effectively by offering real-time GPS, proactive alerts, compliance training, and asset tracking.

📋 Description

• Lead "Big Rock" projects: moving between Smart Trailers and Connected Equipment teams based on the most pressing business needs. • Drive "Step Functions": As a Senior Staff Engineer, you aren't just shipping features; you are driving major leaps in architecture and product capability that make the team better around you. • Think like a Product Manager: We don't do heavy PRDs. You are expected to be in the field with customers, understanding their pain points and "willing" solutions into existence. • Ship at the "Speed of Thought" with AI: We are refactoring our engineering culture to be AI-first. You will lead the charge in using LLMs and AI agents to automate the "boring stuff" and focus on high-level problem solving. • Optimize across the Stack: You'll collaborate with firmware and hardware teams to solve cross-cutting problems, like balancing real-time visibility against energy consumption. • Lead without Ego: You will mentor engineers in a high-ownership environment where the best idea wins, regardless of title. • Advocate for Technical Health: Partner with Engineering Management to balance long-term technical health with iterative customer wins. • Be a Cultural Force Multiplier: Champion Samsara’s principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset) as we scale globally.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent practical experience • 12+ years of experience in software design and development, with at least 4 years in an architect or leadership role • Technical Independence: You don’t wait to be told what to do; you have the backbone and conviction to define what should be done and push through hurdles to complete it. • Modern Engineering Workflow: Expert in writing high-quality, maintainable code in a modern language, with a demonstrated ability to use AI tools (Cursor, LLMs, etc.) to multiply your output. • Cloud Scale Expertise: Proven experience working with web services at massive scale deployed on Cloud providers such as AWS or Azure. • Communication: Excellent collaboration and problem-solving skills, with a demonstrated ability to manage complex technical discussions with stakeholders across Legal, Hardware, and Product. • A "Founder-Engineer" mindset: You’ve built and shipped a 0-1 product from scratch and successfully navigated the "morass" of scaling it into a mature business driver. • Applied AI Power-User: You have fully transitioned to an AI-native workflow to "code at the speed of thought.

🏖️ Benefits

• flexible, employee-led remote model • professional development stipend • comprehensive health and parental leave plans • above-market total compensation • performance-based bonus/variable pay • equity opportunities for eligible roles