Staff Application Security Engineer

NextGenEnergyJobs; United States; Remote; USD 165,000 - 295,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote model

RSU grant

Health benefits

Job summary

Samsara is seeking a Staff Application Security Engineer to lead vulnerability management across cloud, firmware/IoT, and corporate systems. You will drive the technical direction, build scalable tooling, and mentor engineers while partnering with product and engineering to reduce risk and improve security posture.

You will engage in incident response, leverage AI-driven security workflows, and work within a flexible remote model to scale globally.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in cloud/security engineering and vulnerability management across multi-product environments.
• Ability to independently set technical and architectural direction for security programs.
• Experience with modern vulnerability tooling and vulnerability scoring frameworks.
• Hands-on with SAST/DAST/SCA and AI-assisted security workflows.
• Familiarity with security automation platforms and CI/CD integration.
• Experience with C/C++ in firmware or embedded contexts.
• Experience in cloud-native/AI-forward product companies.
• Experience delivering security in FedRAMP environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and continuous improvement of vulnerability management and other core security programs.
• Own MTTR reductions across vulnerability backlog and ensure SLAs.
• Build automation/tools to scale detection, remediation, and response across cloud and IoT environments.
• Translate leadership priorities into concrete execution plans for the security team.
• Collaborate with engineering to drive secure design, remediation guidance, and threat modeling.
• Mentor engineers and act as a technical advisor on security priorities.
• Communicate risk and remediation tradeoffs to leadership in actionable terms.
• Participate in security incident investigations and high-profile vulnerability response.

Skills

Cloud security

Vulnerability management

Architectural direction

AI/LLM tooling

CI/CD security

FedRAMP experience

C/C++ (firmware)

Security automation

SaaS/firmware/IT security

Security incident response

Tools

Wiz

Semgrep

Tines

AWS Lambda

Job description

At Samsara, we embrace a flexible working model that caters to the diverse needs of our teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Samsara sits at the center of hardware, software, AI, and the physical world, processing 25+ trillion data points annually across thousands of connected devices. The Samsara Application Security team protects this vast footprint end-to-end, spanning cloud services, internal systems, and firmware running on IoT hardware in the field.
• As a Staff Application Security Engineer, you’ll drive the overarching technical direction for our application security and vulnerability management programs. This is a high-visibility role where you'll influence a broad surface area while retaining the flexibility to dive deep into critical domain focus areas as security priorities evolve.
• Lead the ongoing strategy, operation, and continuous improvement of Samsara's vulnerability management program, along with other core application security programs — not just execute against an existing process, but define what the process should be.
• Own and drive down mean time to remediate (MTTR) across the vulnerability backlog, as SLAs tighten.
• Build and champion automation and tooling that scale vulnerability detection and response across cloud, firmware/IoT, and corporate systems, rather than relying on manual, one-by-one review.
• Set technical and architectural direction for the program, translating leadership's strategic priorities into a concrete execution plan for the team.
• Drive remediation by building trust with engineering teams and providing clear, actionable guidance — partnering with technical program management on reporting rather than owning it directly.
• Mentor and level up other engineers on secure design and remediation practices, and be a technical voice other teams look to when priorities are unclear.
• Communicate risk and remediation tradeoffs to engineering leadership in terms they can act on, without owning the relationship end to end.
• Participate in security incident investigations involving high-profile vulnerabilities, assessing potential impact on Samsara's infrastructure.
• Be regularly on call to support critical vulnerability response.
• 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

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant experience as a cloud engineer or security engineer, including hands‑on vulnerability management across a broad, multi‑product enterprise environment — not a single product or team's slice of it.
• Demonstrated ability to independently set technical and architectural direction for a security program, and to drive remediation across a broad, multi‑surface environment without direct authority over the teams doing the fixing.
• Significant experience with modern vulnerability management tooling (e.g., Wiz, Semgrep) and deep familiarity with vulnerability scoring frameworks such as CVSS and EPSS.
• Deep understanding of Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), and Software Composition Analysis (SCA).
• Hands‑on use of AI/LLM tooling in your own security workflow — triage, detection logic, remediation drafting — plus credibility speaking to how AI is changing the threat landscape and the tooling available to address it.
• Experience with C/C++, relevant to firmware and embedded systems.
• Background at a cloud‑native, AI‑forward company actively building agentic or AI‑driven products.
• Experience with security automation platforms (e.g., Tines) and serverless frameworks (e.g., AWS Lambda).
• Experience integrating vulnerability management into modern CI/CD pipelines with a "shift‑left" mentality.
• Experience spanning SaaS, firmware, and corporate IT security programs — not just one product line.
• Experience managing vulnerabilities within a FedRAMP‑certified environment.
• Experience building, extending, or wiring up AI copilots/agents for security workflows (e.g., automated triage, remediation drafting).
• The range of annual base salary for full‑time employees for this position is below. Please note that base pay offered may vary depending on factors including your city of residence, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role is also eligible for an initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff, and ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance, subject to plan terms and conditions. Learn more about our total rewards and benefits below.
• $165,200
• $295,000 USD
• At Samsara, we build for the people who keep the global economy moving. We want owners, not passengers, which is why our rewards are designed to fuel high‑impact builders. Our compensation program delivers above‑market total compensation through a combination of base salary, performance‑based bonus/variable pay, and equity (for eligible roles) in a high‑growth public company. We meaningfully differentiate pay for our top performers, who have the opportunity to earn above‑market compensation that can outpace the broader market over time.
• Beyond compensation, we provide the foundations that enable long‑term success: a flexible, employee‑led remote model, a professional development stipend, comprehensive health and parental leave plans, and more. If you’re ready to build for the long term and own the outcome, your journey starts here.