Senior AI Platform Engineer (GenAI & Backend)

Samsara; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Samsara is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, AI Platform, to lead the design and development of core platform capabilities powering next-generation AI-driven experiences. You will craft scalable, reliable systems for multi-step AI workflows and model integrations across products.

Join a high-impact team that partners with AI engineers, data scientists, and cross-functional groups todeploy production-grade solutions while enabling rapid iteration and architectural autonomy.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience (excluding internships/contract roles).
• Hands-on experience building GenAI-powered systems in production, including integration with LLMs or similar AI services.
• Experience designing or implementing GenAI workflows such as prompt orchestration, tool execution, routing, and multi-step reasoning pipelines.
• Proven experience designing and implementing distributed systems that support multi-step execution and asynchronous workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve core AI platform capabilities that enable teams to develop, run, and scale GenAI-powered applications across Samsara.
• Design and implement shared execution patterns, APIs, and services that support multi-step AI workflows and system integrations.
• Develop reliable, extensible backend systems that power AI-driven experiences used across the sales funnel and beyond.
• Work hands-on across the stack, from backend services and execution infrastructure to integration with AI models and tooling.
• Collaborate closely with AI engineers, data scientists, product partners, and sales operators to turn emerging AI use cases into production-ready platform capabilities.

Skills

Software engineering

GenAI workflows

Distributed systems

Backend development

API design

Job description

Samsara is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, AI Platform, to lead the design and development of core platform capabilities powering next-generation AI-driven experiences. You will craft scalable, reliable systems for multi-step AI workflows and model integrations across products.

Join a high-impact team that partners with AI engineers, data scientists, and cross-functional groups todeploy production-grade solutions while enabling rapid iteration and architectural autonomy.