Staff DevEx Engineer: AI-Powered DevTools (Remote)

Samsara; United States; On-site; USD 162,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote model

Professional development stipend

Health and parental leave plans

Job summary

Samsara is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to set technical direction for the developer platform, covering CI/CD, build systems, and AI coding agents used by engineers across the company.

You’ll design and build AI agents to automate coding tasks, scale tooling for a growing org, and mentor engineers while collaborating with leadership on strategic bets. This is a remote US role with competitive rewards.

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.
• 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 org.
• You've shipped real work with AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or similar).
• Strong skills in Go, Python, TypeScript, or a similar language.
• Track record of making engineers measurably faster.

Responsibilities

• Shape the technical direction of our developer platform — CI/CD, build systems, and AI agents used daily.
• Design and build AI agents that reduce engineers’ workload: coding, code review, test generation, release automation, incident response.
• Scale tooling to support growing engineering teams without compromising reliability or developer happiness.
• Standardize tools and practices so good ideas spread across teams.
• Raise the technical bar through code reviews, design discussions, and mentorship.
• Partner with engineering leadership on bets worth making and communicate tradeoffs clearly.
• Represent Samsara externally when it makes sense — talks, open source, etc.

Skills

8+ years building software

4+ years distributed systems

4+ years leading technical projects

AI coding tools experience

Go, Python, TypeScript

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Go

Python

TypeScript

Job description

Samsara is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to set technical direction for the developer platform, covering CI/CD, build systems, and AI coding agents used by engineers across the company.

You’ll design and build AI agents to automate coding tasks, scale tooling for a growing org, and mentor engineers while collaborating with leadership on strategic bets. This is a remote US role with competitive rewards.