Staff DevEx Engineer - AI-Driven CI/CD (Remote)

NextGenEnergyJobs; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Samsara is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape the technical direction of our developer platform, CI/CD pipelines, and AI coding agents used by hundreds of engineers. You will influence surface area across the engineering org and mentor teams.

This role emphasizes leadership, scalable tooling, and building for long-term reliability. It is remote and open to candidates based in the US, with compensation reflecting market value and equity opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years building software, with at least 2 years in an architect or technical leadership role.
• Strong programming and design fundamentals.
• 4+ years working on large-scale distributed systems.
• 4+ years leading technical projects across multiple teams.
• Experience building developer platforms, internal tooling, or CI/CD for a large engineering organization.

Responsibilities

• Shape the technical direction for Samsara's developer platform and CI/CD pipelines.
• Design and build AI agents that assist engineers with coding, review, tests, and releases.
• Scale tooling to support a growing engineering organization while maintaining reliability.
• Lead, mentor, and review across multiple teams; raise the technical bar through design discussions.
• Partner with engineering leadership on bets worth making and communicate tradeoffs.
• Represent Samsara externally through talks and open source contributions.

Skills

Strong programming fundamentals

Go

Python

TypeScript

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

AI coding tools experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Samsara is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape the technical direction of our developer platform, CI/CD pipelines, and AI coding agents used by hundreds of engineers. You will influence surface area across the engineering org and mentor teams.

This role emphasizes leadership, scalable tooling, and building for long-term reliability. It is remote and open to candidates based in the US, with compensation reflecting market value and equity opportunities.