Senior Software Engineer II

Summary

Join Samsara as a Senior Software Engineer II on Automation and architect and design critical parts of the Automation Platform. You will help set Samsara’s strategy around Event Architecture and reusable RPCs, ensuring scalability and flexibility. This remote role, open to Canadian residents, offers the opportunity to impact global industries by building software that improves safety and efficiency. You will work with a team to build, test, and deliver full-stack features, maintain production systems, and contribute to a positive team culture. The role requires collaboration with various teams and a focus on customer success. Samsara offers competitive compensation and benefits.

Requirements

• 8+ years of industry experience building and operating production software systems
• Proficiency in at least one backend language (Go, Java, C#, or equivalent). Node is acceptable; Python/Ruby not preferred due to scale concerns
• Experience designing and architecting large, high-scale systems
• A focus on and desire to mentor fellow engineers
• An ability to estimate, communicate, and deliver upon project milestones with your team
• Experience with a public cloud such as AWS

Responsibilities

• Work with product managers, designers, firmware, and infra engineers to architect, build, test, and deliver full-stack features across front-end, back-end, and mobile. GoLang, GraphQL, Typescript, React, and ReactNative are some of the components of our technology stack. Direct experience with these technologies is not required
• Be responsible for maintaining the production systems that your team owns and provide operational support
• Help build the culture of the team and make it an enjoyable place to work
• Solve problems that enable our product for our global customers
• Partner with other teams to take in requirements for prioritization and evangelize the platform we’re building
• 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 leveraging LLMs or similar for day-to-day coding, eg: Cursor, Claude Code
• Experience with workflow engines, state machines, or orchestration platforms (e.g. Temporal, Step Functions, Airflow)
• Contributed heavily to driving significant value to their customers
• Curiosity about our customers, and eager to improve their day-to-day experience
• Loves shipping features iteratively with immediate use by customers
• A Bachelor’s or higher in Computer Science or related discipline

Benefits

Full time employees receive a competitive total compensation package along with employee-led remote and flexible working, health benefits, Samsara for Good charity fund, and much, much more