Staff Geospatial Platform Architect (Remote)

Samsara; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote model

RSU program

Health and parental leave

Job summary

Samsara is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for the Maps team. You’ll lead geospatial system development, build scalable map data services, and own cross-team architecture across Samsara's location-aware products.

You will mentor engineers, shape platform direction, and partner with leadership to balance tradeoffs while driving high-impact, real-time capabilities. The role supports a flexible remote model in the US and emphasizes customer-centric, long-term thinking with a focus on building

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.

Responsibilities

• Shape the technical direction of the Maps teams.
• Build geospatial systems and integrations that support foundational features across most Samsara products.
• Scale offerings to support storage, query and computational load of real-time features.
• Consolidate team-specific geospatial solutions into scalable platform-wide offerings.
• Build agentic solutions that let customers self-serve data as they want to see it.
• Raise the technical bar through code reviews, design discussions, and mentorship.
• Partner with engineering leadership on bets worth making and tradeoffs.

Skills

Geospatial systems

Distributed systems

Architectural leadership

Programming fundamentals

Cross-team collaboration

Code reviews/mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

PostGIS

GeoParquet

OSM data formats

Job description

Samsara is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for the Maps team. You’ll lead geospatial system development, build scalable map data services, and own cross-team architecture across Samsara's location-aware products.

You will mentor engineers, shape platform direction, and partner with leadership to balance tradeoffs while driving high-impact, real-time capabilities. The role supports a flexible remote model in the US and emphasizes customer-centric, long-term thinking with a focus on building