Samsara
Staff Application Security Engineer
$165K–$295K
Remote - Seattle +1 · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 15, 2026
- Location
- Remote - Seattle
Remote - OR - Experience
- 10+ years.
About the job
Sets technical direction and leads application security and vulnerability management across Samsara’s cloud, firmware/IoT, and corporate systems.
What you'll do
- Define and improve vulnerability management and other application security programs, including automation to scale detection and response and reduce remediation time.
- Set program architecture and execution direction; guide engineering teams through remediation and communicate risk tradeoffs to leadership.
- Mentor engineers, investigate high-profile vulnerabilities, and provide on-call support for critical vulnerability response.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of relevant experience as a cloud engineer or security engineer, including hands-on vulnerability management across a broad, multi-product enterprise environment.
- Proficiency in Go, Python, and JavaScript; strong AWS cloud services background.
- Significant experience with vulnerability management tooling and familiarity with CVSS and EPSS; deep understanding of SAST, DAST, and SCA.
- Ability to set technical and architectural direction and drive remediation across a broad environment; hands-on use of AI/LLM tooling in security workflows.
Nice to have
- Experience with C/C++, Tines, AWS Lambda, CI/CD vulnerability management, or security across SaaS, firmware, and corporate IT; FedRAMP experience.
- Background at a cloud-native, AI-forward company, or experience building AI copilots/agents for security workflows.
Pay
USD 165,200–295,000 annual base salary
Tools
Go, Python, JavaScript, AWS, Wiz, Semgrep, Tines, AWS Lambda
AI focus
Use AI/LLM tooling for security triage, detection logic, and remediation drafting; speak to AI’s impact on the threat landscape and security tooling. Building AI copilots or agents for security workflows is preferred.
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