Staff Software Engineer, Maps Services (Fully Remote)

Samsara; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Samsara, the leader in Connected Operations Cloud, is seeking a senior Maps architect to shape the technical direction of the Maps team. You will build geospatial systems underpinning core features across Samsara products and mentor engineers.

This role emphasizes scaling storage, queries, and real-time processing, consolidating team-specific solutions into a platform-wide offering, and delivering self-serve data tools for customers via code reviews and collaborative design discussions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience, with 8+ years building software and at least 2 years in an architect or technical leadership role.
• Strong programming and design fundamentals, plus 4+ years working on large-scale distributed systems.
• 4+ years leading technical projects across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Shape the technical direction of the Maps team and build geospatial systems that support foundational features across most Samsara products.
• Scale storage, query, and computational load for real-time features and consolidate team-specific geospatial solutions into platform-wide offerings.
• Build agentic solutions for customers to self-serve data and raise the technical bar through code reviews, design discussions, and mentorship.

Skills

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Code reviews

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

• Maps are part of nearly everything Samsara builds, and the Maps team is building the shared geospatial platform that makes that possible.
• We source, ingest, enrich, and serve map data that product teams use every day, from road networks to customer-specific map context.
• This role is remote and open to candidates based in the US.

You might be a good fit if:

• You enjoy working with internal and external customers to iterate and build software platforms.
• You care about what Samsara does and work with urgency to think through the best solutions.
• You work well with others; we move faster when we move together.

In this role, you'll:

• Shape the technical direction of the Maps team and build geospatial systems that support foundational features across most Samsara products.
• Scale storage, query, and computational load for real-time features and consolidate team-specific geospatial solutions into platform-wide offerings.
• Build agentic solutions for customers to self-serve data and raise the technical bar through code reviews, design discussions, and mentorship.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience, with 8+ years building software and at least 2 years in an architect or technical leadership role.
• Strong programming and design fundamentals, plus 4+ years working on large-scale distributed systems.
• 4+ years leading technical projects across multiple teams.

Samsara

Samsara is the pioneer of the Connected Operations Cloud, a platform that helps organizations harness IoT data to improve the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of physical operations. As a recently public high-growth company, Samsara fosters a culture focused on customer success, long-term thinking, and inclusive teamwork.