Senior Software Engineer II – New Product

Samsara; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to design and develop key components of their Automation Platform. This remote role focuses on impacting industries by building scalable software solutions and requires expertise in backend languages and frontend frameworks. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience and is passionate about mentoring and collaboration.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in building and operating production software systems.
• Proficient in at least one backend language (Go, Java, C#, or equivalent).
• Experience with public cloud services like AWS.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, test, and deliver full-stack features.
• Maintain production systems and provide operational support.
• Build the culture of the team and make it enjoyable.

Skills

Backend language proficiency

TypeScript

React

Go

Cloud experience

Education

Bachelor’s in Computer Science or related discipline

Job description

About the role

As a Senior Software Engineer II on Automation, you will architect and design some of the most critical and forward-facing parts of the Automation Platform. You’ll be helping to set Samsara’s strategy around Event Architecture and re-usable RPCs. You’ll also be helping to ensure our product can scale to production demands while maintaining flexibility in our system for new requirements. The product is in active rollout with high feature velocity, so you’ll have the opportunity to shape how thousands of customers automate their operations – and make Samsara indispensable in the process. This is a remote role open to candidates residing in the United States.

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 for customers across industries driving the world’s physical operations.
• 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

• 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.

Minimum requirements for the role

• 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.
• Proficiency in building scalable and maintainable front-end applications using TypeScript and React, or similar component-based JavaScript frameworks.
• 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.

An ideal candidate also has

• Proficiency in building scalable and maintainable front-end applications using TypeScript and React, or similar component-based JavaScript frameworks.
• 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.
• Curious 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.