Remote Full-Stack Software Engineer

Who we are

Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations Cloud, which allows businesses that depend on physical operations to harness IoT (Internet of Things) data to develop actionable business insights and improve their operations. Founded in San Francisco in 2015, we now employ more than 1,600 people globally and have over 1.5 million active devices. Samsara also went public in December 2021 and we’re just getting started. 

Recent awards we’ve won include: 

• #2 in the Financial Times’ Fastest Growing Companies in Americas list 2021
• Named as a Best Place to Work in Built In 2022 
• #19 in the Forbes Cloud 100 2021 
• IoT Analytics Company of the Year in 2022’s IoT Breakthrough Winners 
• Forbes Advisor named us the Best Solution for Large Companies - Fleet management software for 2022!

We're driving change in industries that are yet to fully embrace digital transformation. Physical operations make up a massive slice of the global economy but haven’t benefited from innovation and actionable information in the way that other sectors have. The potential for scale and impact is huge.

About the role:

As a Software Engineer at Samsara, you will design and develop features across a broad surface area with a tangible impact on active and future customers. You’ll tackle engineering challenges ranging from architecting data structures for mass data collection to presenting data analytics in intuitive and performant ways on web and mobile.

We use Golang for our backend, Typescript and React for our web client, GraphQL to fetch data from our backend, and React Native for our mobile app. Direct experience with these technologies is not required.

In this role, you may work on:

• A system that optimizes routes for fleets of vehicles that drive a million miles per week
• Live rendering and animating thousands of vehicles concurrently on country-scale maps
• Using driving quality metrics computed from vehicle sensor data to gamify the driver experience
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices

Minimum requirements for the role:

• 4+ years of professional experience building customer-facing applications
• Strong programming/coding fundamentals in a language such as Java, Python, or Golang
• Experience designing and architecting large, high-scale systems
• An ability to estimate, communicate, and deliver upon project milestones with your team
• You speak English proficiently

An ideal candidate also has:

• Experience with a public cloud such as AWS
• Familiarity with multiple tiers, like React Frontends and Microservices
• Contributed heavily to driving significant value to their customers
• Curiosity about our customers, and is eager to improve their day-to-day experience
• Loves shipping features that are immediately used by our customers
• Seeks to iterate on new products based on customer feedback
• A Bachelors or higher in Computer Science or related discipline

At Samsara, we welcome everyone regardless of their background, race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, etc. We depend on the unique approaches of our team members to help us solve complex problems. We are committed to increasing diversity across our team and ensuring that Samsara is a place where people from all backgrounds can make an impact.

Accommodations

Samsara is an inclusive work environment, and we are committed to ensuring equal opportunity in employment for qualified persons with disabilities. Please email accessibleinterviewing@samsara.com if you require any reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process.

Benefits

Our target total compensation market position is in the top 25% of all software and hardware companies. Our full time employees receive an above market-rate salary, an outstanding equity offering, employee-led remote and flexible working, health benefits, personal development, Samsara for Good charity fund, and much, much more. Take a look at our Benefits site to learn more.  

Flexible Working 

At Samsara, we have adopted a flexible way of working, enabling teams and individuals to do their best work, regardless of where they’re based. We value in-person collaboration and know a change of scenery and quiet space to work is welcomed from time to time, but also appreciate that the world of work has changed. Our offices remain open for those who prefer to collaborate or work in-office, but we also encourage fully remote applicants.