Staff Software Engineer

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• You've actually built things with AI coding agents — not just used them. You have opinions about what works, what doesn't, and where this is all heading.
• You like work where a small change you make ripples out to help a lot of people.
• You care about what Samsara does. The software we build helps keep grocery shelves stocked, lights on, and workers safe on the job.
• You're genuinely curious and like learning new things. The tech landscape here moves quickly and we're all figuring it out together.
• You think of engineers as real people, not tickets. You're happy to sit with them, watch how they work, and dig into the small frustrations that add up.
• You work well with others. We move faster when we move together.
• Help shape the technical direction of our developer platform — CI/CD, build systems, and the AI agents engineers interact with daily
• Design and build AI agents that take real work off engineers' plates: coding, code review, test generation, release automation, and incident response
• Scale our tooling so it can keep up as the engineering org grows, without sacrificing reliability or developer happiness
• Standardize tools and practices so good ideas spread instead of getting reinvented on every team
• Raise the technical bar through code reviews, design discussions, and mentorship
• Partner with engineering leadership on the bets worth making, and be honest about tradeoffs
• Represent Samsara externally when it makes sense — talks, open source, helping us become a place great engineers want to work
• Live out our cultural principles: Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, and Win as a Team
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years building software, with at least 2 years in an architect or technical leadership role
• Strong programming and design fundamentals
• 4+ years working on large-scale distributed systems
• 4+ years leading technical projects across multiple teams
• Experience building developer platforms, internal tooling, or CI/CD for a large engineering org (hundreds of engineers or more)
• You've shipped real work with AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, custom agents) — not just tried them out
• Strong skills in Go, Python, TypeScript, or a similar language
• A track record of making engineers measurably faster — quicker builds, easier deploys, less toil, happier developers
• Comfort working in ambiguity and getting teams aligned without needing formal authority