Senior Software Engineer II External Platform
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Posted on:
07-11-2025
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About the role:
Our Platform is the foundation of our Connected Operations solution. Think of it as a hub-and-spoke model. All our products safety route planning maintenance fuel efficiency EV reporting etc are the spokes that engage users. But they all connect back to the central hub.
Most organizational platforms and were talking about those outside of Samsara act as a software layer between infrastructure and product. They also tend to function behind the scenes.
Our platform however is different. Not only do we work on core infrastructure and platform components we also develop customer-facing features. Customers log into Samsara through the platform interacting with everything from the login screen to dashboards reports settings and alerts. Regardless of the product the platform is the central interface for insights and management.
As a Senior Software Engineer in the Platform team youll own the systems you build shape products that prevent crashes and emissions and create world-class systems at scale. Youll take full technical ownership of key product areas used by thousands of fleets worldwide solving real-world problems that cut CO₂ and keep people safe. Your ideas will shape roadmaps influence critical decisions and power products that make measurable impact at scale.
Work with product managers designers firmware and infrastructure engineers to design build test and deliver end-to-end products. Youll develop skills across multiple technologies and own the production systems in your domain. You will coach mentor and guide engineers in the team while also receiving support for your own development.
This is a remote position open to candidates residing in the US or Canada.
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:
- Work with product managers designers firmware and infra engineers to architect build test and deliver full-stack features across front-end back-end and mobile. GoLang GraphQL Typescript React and ReactNative are some of the components of our technology stack. Direct experience with these technologies is not required.
- Be responsible for maintaining the production systems that your team owns and provide operational support.
- Help build the culture of the team and make it an enjoyable place to work.
- Solve problems that enable our product for our global customers.
- Partner with other teams to take in requirements for prioritization and evangelize the platform were building.
- 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:
- 8 years of industry experience building and operating production software systems.
- Proficiency in at least one backend language (Go Java C# or equivalent). Node is acceptable; Python/Ruby not preferred due to scale concerns.
- Proficiency in building scalable and maintainable front-end applications using TypeScript and React or similar component-based JavaScript frameworks.
- Experience designing and architecting large high-scale systems.
- A focus on and desire to mentor fellow engineers.
- An ability to estimate communicate and deliver upon project milestones with your team.
- Experience with a public cloud such as AWS.
An ideal candidate also has:
- Proficiency in building scalable and maintainable front-end applications using TypeScript and React or similar component-based JavaScript frameworks.
- Experience leveraging LLMs or similar for day-to-day coding eg: Cursor Claude Code.
- Experience with workflow engines state machines or orchestration platforms (e.g. Temporal Step Functions Airflow).
- Contributed heavily to driving significant value to their customers.
- Curious about our customers and eager to improve their day-to-day experience.
- Loves shipping features iteratively with immediate use by customers.
- A Bachelors or higher in Computer Science or related discipline.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- AWS
- Data Structures
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Publicly traded company [NYSE: IOT] offering a single platform for fleet operations at scale. Products include real-time GPS, ELD, AI-powered dash cams, telematics, maintenance, routing, & driver app. Recognized by the Forbes Cloud 100.
