Senior Software Engineer - Cloud IAM & Governance

Samsara; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Samsara in San Francisco is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our Cloud Governance Platform team. You will design and build core components that enforce IAM, security controls, compliance, and software supply-chain protections across AWS and GCP.

You will own end-to-end components, balance tradeoffs, and collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, Compliance, and Product teams while upholding Samsara’s growth mindset and customer-focused principles.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of industry experience in software development.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Strong programming/coding and design fundamentals (Golang, Python or similar).
• Deep hands-on expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar).
• Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM systems, threat models, and mitigations.
• Experience designing and operating highly reliable, scalable distributed systems.
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core components of Samsara's Cloud Governance Platform, contributing hands-on to cloud IAM, security controls, compliance enforcement, and software supply-chain security capabilities.
• Contribute to the roadmap for governance and security tooling across AWS and GCP, bringing engineering judgment to prioritization discussions.
• Translate regulatory and compliance requirements into automated, continuously enforced controls through direct implementation.
• Build and maintain software supply-chain security tooling, including SAST, DAST, and secure CI/CD pipeline patterns.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, Compliance, and Product Engineering teams to implement solutions for cross-functional risk and governance problems.
• Share technical knowledge with teammates through code reviews, pairing, and day-to-day collaboration.
• Clearly communicate technical approach, tradeoffs, and risks in design docs and team discussions.
• 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

Skills

Golang

Python

Cloud infrastructure

IAM security

Distributed systems

Software design

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Samsara in San Francisco is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our Cloud Governance Platform team. You will design and build core components that enforce IAM, security controls, compliance, and software supply-chain protections across AWS and GCP.

You will own end-to-end components, balance tradeoffs, and collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, Compliance, and Product teams while upholding Samsara’s growth mindset and customer-focused principles.