Staff Software Engineer - Platform and Infrastructure

Swiftcruit; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Health benefits

Competitive compensation package

Job summary

Samsara Technologies India Private Limited is seeking a Staff Engineer in Bengaluru, Karnataka, to lead and build software systems that drive impactful solutions for customers. This role supports a hybrid work model, requiring 3 days a week in the office, while focusing on scalability and technological advancement.

The ideal candidate possesses a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering and over 12 years of relevant experience, including leadership in large-scale distributed systems. Join a skilled team that values innovative solutions and customer impact.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in software design and development.
• 4+ years of experience in an architect or leadership role.
• Expertise working with web services at a massive scale.

Responsibilities

• Drive technology choices and architectural patterns.
• Architect, design, and develop software for scalability.
• Lead teams to deliver impactful products.

Skills

Software design

Large-scale distributed systems

Cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Programming fundamentals

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Job description

Who we are

Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physical operations to harness Internet of Things (IoT) data to develop actionable insights and improve their operations. At Samsara, we help improve the safety, efficiency and sustainability of the physical operations that power our global economy.

About the role

Samsara Technologies India Private Limited is looking for a Staff Engineer to join the Platform & Infrastructure organization, which is responsible for building foundational systems that drive software products. Examples include reporting/automations/enterprise capabilities to support our rapidly growing footprint of customers and foundational infrastructure capabilities such as container orchestration, data storage, real‑time data ingestion and GraphQL execution.

This role is hybrid – 3 days per week in the office.

Office address: PRESTIGE TECH PARK, Kadubeesanahalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560103, India

You should apply if:

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: The software, firmware, and hardware you build will result in real‑world impact—helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.
• You want to build for scale: With over 2.3 million IoT devices deployed to our global customers, you will work on a range of new and mature technologies driving scalable innovation across industry.
• You are a life‑long learner: We have ambitious goals. Every Samsarian has a growth mindset as we work with a wide range of technologies, challenges, and customers that push us to learn on the go.
• You believe customers are more than a number: Samsara engineers enjoy a rare closeness to the end user and you will have the opportunity to participate in customer interviews, collaborate with customer success and product managers, and use metrics to ensure our work is translating into better customer outcomes.
• You are a team player: Working on our Samsara Engineering teams requires a mix of independent effort and collaboration. Motivated by our mission, we’re all racing toward our connected operations vision, and we intend to win—together.

In this role, you will:

• Drive technology choices, implementing services, and/or establishing architectural patterns that have a broad and lasting impact on Samsara’s platform.
• Identify opportunities and initiate strategic conversations to influence the direction of platform technology and engineering culture.
• Architect, design, and develop software that enables Samsara to operate at scale.
• Lead teams in delivering products and capabilities that contribute to Samsara’s products and revenue.
• Deliver impact by solving the hardest technical problems and enabling products to reach the market quickly and successfully with high quality.
• Keep a platform‑first approach while collaborating with our infrastructure and product teams to build products, tools, and solutions.
• Act as a multiplier for the team, elevating the impact and output of every team member.
• Contribute to Samsara’s engineering brand by representing Samsara in external‑facing forums.
• 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.

Minimum requirements for the role

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years of experience in software design, development, and algorithm‑related solutions with at least 4 of those years in an architect or leadership role.
• Stellar programming/coding fundamentals.
• 4+ years of experience building large‑scale distributed systems.
• 4+ years of experience leading cross‑organization projects.
• Expertise working with web services at a massive scale deployed on Cloud providers such as AWS, GCP or Azure.

An ideal candidate also

• Has 15+ years of relevant industry experience in software development.
• Enjoys leading and mentoring engineers to think about systems— their life cycles, edge cases, and failure modes.
• Enjoys fostering collaboration among engineers with different focuses (frontend, mobile, firmware, vision, ML).
• Is an expert in writing high‑quality, performant, and maintainable code in a modern programming language.
• Production experience working with Javascript and/or client‑side code.
• Expertise working on large‑scale enterprise software applications.
• Demonstrated ability to ship production‑quality software in a dynamic environment.
• Expert‑level knowledge of at‑scale stream‑processing decision engines.

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Benefits

Full time employees receive a competitive total compensation package along with employee‑led remote and flexible working, health benefits, and much, much more. Take a look at our Benefits site to learn more.

Accommodations

Samsara is an inclusive work environment, and we are committed to ensuring equal opportunity in employment for qualified persons with disabilities. Please email [e-mail] or click here if you require any reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process.

Legal Notice

At Samsara, we welcome everyone regardless of their background. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, and other characteristics protected by law. We depend on the unique approaches of our team members to help us solve complex problems and want to ensure that Samsara is a place where people from all backgrounds can make an impact.