Senior Software Engineer I

Summary

Join Samsara's Mobile Platform team and help shape the future of mobile-first experiences. As a key contributor, you will drive technical direction, develop and optimize mobile applications, ensure code quality, build reusable UI components, and collaborate cross-functionally. You will also mentor junior engineers and champion Samsara's cultural principles. This remote position, open to US residents, offers the opportunity to impact global industries and work on a large scale with over 2.3 million IoT devices deployed. The ideal candidate possesses extensive React Native experience and a passion for building high-quality, scalable mobile solutions. Samsara offers a competitive compensation package and benefits.

Requirements

• 6+ years of software development experience, including 3+ years of hands-on mobile app development with React Native in production environments
• Deep knowledge of React Native as a mobile-first framework, including a strong grasp of its architecture, native components, and limitations
• Solid testing and debugging skills in a mobile context, including experience writing unit and integration tests to maintain app stability and quality
• Strong understanding of mobile architecture, performance, and platform APIs
• Proficiency in using GraphQL and Redux for efficient data fetching and state management
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with product, design, and backend teams to deliver high-quality mobile features
• Demonstrated experience in mentoring less experienced engineers and leading technical projects from conception to delivery with multiple contributors

Responsibilities

• Drive Technical Direction: Contribute to architectural decisions and strategic planning for the mobile platform, influencing our technical roadmap
• Develop and Optimize: Build and deliver high-quality, performant, and user-friendly mobile application features. You'll focus on writing clean, maintainable code and optimizing for responsiveness and efficiency
• Ensure Code Quality: Uphold and promote high standards for code quality through rigorous peer reviews, comprehensive testing, and adherence to mobile development best practices
• Build Reusable UI Components: Design and implement polished, accessible, and consistent UI components, ensuring an exceptional user experience across our mobile platforms while enabling other teams to move faster by utilizing the components and patterns you create
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with product managers, designers, and engineers across other teams to translate requirements into robust and scalable mobile solutions
• Support and Mentor: Share your expertise by mentoring more junior engineers and actively contributing to knowledge-sharing initiatives that elevate the team's capabilities
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with native mobile development (Swift/Objective-C and Kotlin/Java), including creating native modules or bridging React Native with native iOS and Android code
• Track record of performance tuning in mobile apps, including using profiling tools and techniques to diagnose and resolve performance issues
• Hands-on experience ensuring mobile app accessibility compliance, applying best practices to make the app usable by all customers
• Familiarity with mobile CI/CD pipelines, build tools, and test automation
• Experience working with microservices
• Experience shipping and maintaining features over several years, demonstrating long-term ownership
• Domain experience in logistics, fleet management, or industrial IoT, especially building mobile apps for drivers or field workers

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Remote and flexible working