Samsara
Staff Software Engineer
$162K–$290K
Remote - US +1 · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 7, 2026
- Location
- Remote - US
Remote - SF Bay Area - Experience
- 8+ years in software design and development.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- All offers are contingent upon the ability to secure and maintain the legal right to work at the company and in the specified work location.
About the job
Build and lead full-stack, AI-powered products and platform capabilities that turn IoT and operational data into tools for physical operations.
What you'll do
- Own mission-critical technical areas and define strategy for new products and platform capabilities.
- Design and ship full-stack features, including backend services, APIs, customer-facing interfaces, and systems supporting AI-driven products.
- Lead cross-functional planning and execution, and mentor engineers through technical reviews and guidance.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of software design and development experience, including building and operating production systems at scale.
- Strong full-stack fundamentals and proficiency in modern languages and frameworks (Go, Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, React, or similar).
- Experience leading cross-team or cross-org projects and building AI-powered or data-driven products.
Nice to have
- Experience shipping production AI features and using AI-augmented development workflows such as Cursor or LLMs.
- Experience with operational data, mentoring senior engineers, or contributing to open-source or side projects.
Pay
$162,400 — $290,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Go, Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, React, Cursor, LLMs
AI focus
Build AI-powered products using operational data; integrate AI capabilities into customer-facing products and develop the data ingestion, APIs, and workflows that deliver AI-driven insights to operators. Model training is not required.
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