Samsara · 1 day ago
Staff Software Engineer - Platform
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$157K/yr - $281K/yr
8+ years expSamsara is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, helping organizations harness IoT data to improve their operations. The role involves leading the technical direction for the Platform team, architecting and developing software solutions that enable Samsara to operate at scale and drive impactful technology choices.
Business IntelligenceCloud Data ServicesInternet of ThingsSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Drive technology choices, implementing services, and/or establishing architectural patterns that have a broad and lasting impact on Samsara's platform
Identify opportunities and initiate strategic conversations to influence the direction of platform technology and engineering culture
Architect, design, and develop software that enables Samsara to operate at scale
Lead teams in delivering products and capabilities that contribute to Samsara’s products and revenue
Deliver impact by solving the hardest technical problems and enabling products to reach the market quickly and successfully with high quality
Keep a platform first approach while collaborating with our infrastructure and product teams to build products, tools and solutions
Act as a multiplier for the team, elevating the impact and output of every team member
Contribute to Samsara’s engineering brand by representing Samsara in external-facing forums
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
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent practical experience
8+ years of experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions with at least 2 of those years in an architect or leadership role
Stellar programming/coding fundamentals
4+ year of experience building large scale distributed systems
4+ years experience leading cross-organization projects
Preferred
Mastery in data modeling and full-stack application architecture at a massive scale
Programming mastery in Go, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, C/C++, or other similar languages
Expertise working on large-scale enterprise software applications
Demonstrated ability to ship production-quality software in a dynamic environment
Expert level knowledge of at-scale stream processing decision engines
Benefits
Competitive total compensation package
Employee-led remote and flexible working
Health benefits
Company
Samsara
Samsara is digitizing the world of physical operations.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$930MKey Investors
General CatalystAndreessen Horowitz
2021-12-15IPO
2020-09-24Secondary Market
2020-05-20Series F· $700M
Leadership Team
Sanjit Biswas
CEO
Ben Calderon
CTO - Hardware & Operations
Recent News
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