About the role:
As a Senior Algorithm Engineer you will be instrumental in advancing Samsaras mission to connect the worlds physical this role you will design and implement cutting-edge algorithms for route optimization vehicle routing problems (VRP) and the traveling salesman problem (TSP). Your work will directly enhance our telematics platform delivering smarter and easier routing solutions that empower our customers to reduce costs improve safety and optimize fleet efficiency. You will tackle complex NP-Hard problems translate real-world logistical challenges into scalable software and contribute to our Routing Platform that unifies route planning dispatch navigation and real-time telematics for deeper insights and proactive decision-making in diverse industries.
This role is remote and open to candidates residing in the US.Relocation assistance will not be provided for this role.
You should apply if:
- You want to impact the industries that run our world: The software firmware and hardware you build will result in real-world impacthelping to keep the lights on get food into grocery stores and most importantly ensure workers return home safely.
- You want to build for scale: With over 2.3 million IoT devices deployed to our global customers you will work on a range of new and mature technologies driving scalable innovation for customers across industries driving the worlds physical operations.
- You are a life-long learner: We have ambitious goals. Every Samsarian has a growth mindset as we work with a wide range of technologies challenges and customers that push us to learn on the go.
- You believe customers are more than a number: Samsara engineers enjoy a rare closeness to the end user and you will have the opportunity to participate in customer interviews collaborate with customer success and product managers and use metrics to ensure our work is translating into better customer outcomes.
- You are a team player: Working on our Samsara Engineering teams requires a mix of independent effort and collaboration. Motivated by our mission were all racing toward our connected operations vision and we intend to wintogether.
In this role you will:
- Design develop and deploy cutting-edge heuristics and metaheuristics to solve complex NP-Hard optimization problems in production systems.
- Focus on route optimization vehicle routing problems (VRP) and the traveling salesman problem (TSP) delivering high-impact solutions for our customers.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to extract and formalize requirements transforming business needs into precise mathematical formulations and technical specifications.
- Write high-quality scalable and maintainable code in a corporate environment using languages such as Go Java or C.
- Contribute to the design and architecture of large-scale high-performance backend systems.
- Act as a force multiplier within the team contributing to technical design discussions and mentoring other engineers.
- Bring a customer-focused mindset to all development ensuring that technical solutions directly translate into better customer outcomes.
- Champion role model and embed Samsaras 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:
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent practical experience and 8 years of relevant industry experience in software development.
- Experience designing and implementing heuristics and metaheuristics for solving NP-Hard problems in production systems.
- Proficiency in code development in a corporate environment with languages such as Go Java or C.
- Demonstrated ability to extract formal requirements (e.g. a mathematical formulation) from stakeholder requirements.
- Strong understanding of algorithm design data structures and computational complexity.
- Experience with designing and architecting large high-scale backend systems.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems and cloud computing principles.
An ideal candidate also has:
- Masters or PhD with 5 years of experience
- Bonus points for proven experience specifically with Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) related challenges.
- Experience with public cloud providers such as AWS Azure or GCP.
- Strong product mindset and bias towards delivering incremental value to customers.
Required Experience:
Senior IC